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The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/251 · Made 16 June 2001

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LEGAL AID, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE

Made 16th June 2001

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 29th June 2001

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) 2001, and shall come into operation on 29th June 2001.

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 2001” there shall be substituted the date “31st December 2001”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 16th June 2001

We approve

Ann McGuire

Tony McNulty

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 26th June 2001

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 2001 to 31st December 2001.