{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-aid-certificates-rules-northern-ireland-2012/article-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Aid Certificates Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-aid-certificates-rules-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Criminal aid certificates",
  "text": "(1) A criminal aid certificate granted as mentioned in the first column of the following Table shall be in the form indicated in the second column, being a form set out in the Schedule.\nTable\nCertificate\nForm\nGranted under Article 28 of the Order – full certificate\nForm A\nGranted under Article 28 of the Order – limited certificate\nForm B\nGranted under Article 28A of the Order\nForm C\nGranted under Article 29(2) of the Order by a magistrates' court where the charge is one of murder\nForm D\nGranted under Article 29(2) of the Order by a magistrates' court where the charge is other than murder\nForm E\nGranted under Article 29(2) of the Order by a Crown Court judge where the charge is one of murder\nForm F\nGranted under Article 29(2) of the Order by a Crown Court judge where the charge is other than murder\nForm G\nGranted under Article 30(3) of the Order by a magistrates' court\nForm H\nGranted under Article 30(4) of the Order by a county court\nForm I\nGranted under section 184 of the 2003 Act\nForm J\n(2) Where a criminal aid certificate is granted—\n(a) the clerk of petty sessions or (as the case may be) the chief clerk shall send a copy of it to—\n(i) the Commission, and\n(ii) the solicitor assigned under rule 3, 4, 5 or 6, as applicable; and\n(b) in the case of a certificate granted by a magistrates' court under Article 29(2) or 30(3) of the Order, the clerk of petty sessions shall send a copy of it to the chief clerk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/135/article/7",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}