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The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/245 · Made 26 May 2006

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 26th May 2006

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 1st July 2006

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules 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. In accordance with Article 36(3) of that Order, he has consulted with the Lord Chief Justice and the Attorney General and has obtained the approval of the Treasury:

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. 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) 2006, and shall come into operation on 1st July 2006.

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 2006” there shall be substituted the date “30th June 2007”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 26th May 2006

We approve

Dave Watts

Frank Roy

Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 5th June 2006

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 2006 to 30th June 2007.