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The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999

S.R. 1999/260 · Made 3 June 1999

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Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance

Made 3rd June 1999

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 29th June 1999

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 36(3) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1, and now vested in himf2, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and the Attorney General and with the approval of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Rules:—

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Footnotes

f1

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

f2

S.I. 1982/159

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Alteration of date
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 29th June 1999.

2Alteration of date

In rules 6(3) and 9(5)(a) of the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992f1 for the date “30th June 1999” there shall be substituted the date “30th June 2000”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 3rd June 1999

We approve

Jim Dowd

Jane Kennedy

Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 8th June 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules.)

These Rules amend the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992 so as to alter the date after which certain work may be remunerated at discretionary instead of prescribed rates from 30th June 1999 to 30th June 2000.