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Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 No. 212
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2002 No. 212
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE
Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
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Made |
29th May 2002 | |
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To be laid before Parliament |
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Coming into Force |
21st June 2002 | |
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5(3)(a) and 22(1) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[
1] and now vested in him[
2], hereby makes the following Regulations -
Citation and commencement
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 21st June 2002.
Assistance by way of representation for certain cases under the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001
2.
In regulation 17(3)(b) of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981[
3] -
(1) after the words "those proceedings", in sub-paragraph (iii), there shall be added the word ", or";
(2) after the words "Life Sentence Review Commissioners", in sub-paragraph (iv), there shall be added the word ", or";
(3) after sub-paragraph (iv), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph -
"
(v) in respect of a hearing held under Article 10 or 11 of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001[4] by a solicitor acting on behalf of the person whose case is or is to be the subject of the hearing".
Irvine of Lairg,
C.
Dated 29th May 2002
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations extend assistance by way of representation under Article 5 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to prisoners at hearings held under Articles 10 and 11 of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001.
Notes:
[1]
S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8).back
[2]
S.I. 1982/159.back
[3]
S.R. 1981 No. 366 (to which the relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2001 No. 290; S.R. 2001 No. 9; S.R. 1999 No. 200; 1999 S.R. No. 95; S.R. 1996 No. 483; S.R. 1993 No. 136; S.R. 1989 No. 469; S.R. 1988 No. 87; S.R. 1984 No. 82 and S.R. 1983 No. 29).back
[4]
S.I. 2001/2564 (N.I. 2).back
ISBN
0 33794297 8
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© Crown copyright 2002 |
Prepared
25 June 2002
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