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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 1st December 2003

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 22nd December 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 36(3) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f1, and now vested in him^f2, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, the Attorney General, the Crown Court Rules Committee, the County Court Rules Committee and the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee and with the approval of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Rules: