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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2007 No. 296

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2007

  Made 31st May 2007 
  To be laid before Parliament  
  Coming into operation 1st July 2007 

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) 2007, and shall come into operation on 1st July 2007.

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 2007" there shall be substituted the date "30th June 2008".



Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor


David Hanson
Minister of State Ministry of Justice

Dated 31st May 2007



We approve


Frank Roy

Dave Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Dated 6th June 2007


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 2007 to 30th June 2008.

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. 2006 No. 245back


ISBN 978 0 337 97051 1


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 14 June 2007

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