The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 28th March 2010

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation: 1st July 2010

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[^f00001] and now vested in him[^f00002]. 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) 2010, and shall come into operation on 1st July 2010.

Alteration of date

2

In rules 6(3) and 9(5)(a) of the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992[^f00003] for the date “30th June 2010” there shall be substituted the date “31st March 2011”.

Signed

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — Dated 28th March 2010

We approve

Dave Watts — Tony Cunningham — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 30th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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 2010 to 31st March 2011.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1981/228 ( 8)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1982/159

[^f00003]: S.R. 1992 No. 314, to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 2008 No. 248