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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2006 No. 245

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

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

  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 1981[1] and now vested in him[2]. 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:

Citation and commencement
     1. 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.

Alteration of date
     2. In rules 6(3) and 9(5)(a) of the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992[3] for the date "30th June 2006" there shall be substituted the date "30th June 2007".



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.

Notes:

 [1] S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8)back

[2] S.I. 1982/159back

[3] S.R. 1992 No. 314; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 2005 No. 307back


ISBN 0 337 96535 8


 © Crown copyright 2006

Prepared 15 June 2006

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