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The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/290 · Made 24 July 2001

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 24th July 2001

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 1st September 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5(3)(a) and 22(1) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1 and now vested in himf2, hereby makes the following regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8)

f2

S.I. 1982/159

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment of the principal Regulations
  4. 4Amendment of the principal Regulations
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2001.

2Interpretation

In these regulations “the principal regulations” means the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981f1.

3Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 3 of the principal regulations after the meaning of “Legal Aid Committee” there shall be added the following meaning—

  • ““Life Sentence Review Commissioners” means the Life Sentence Review Commissioners appointed by the Secretary of State under Article 3 of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001f1;”.

4Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 17(3)(b) of the principal regulations—

(a)

the words “it is made” in sub-paragraph (iii) shall be omitted;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (iii), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(iv)

in respect of a hearing before the Life Sentence Review Commissioners.”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 24th July 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations extend assistance by way of representation, under Article 5 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, to life sentence prisoners at hearings before the Life Sentence Review Commissioners.