Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

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85—(1) In Article 28 (free legal aid)—N.I.

(a)in paragraph (4)(a) omit “for the relevant petty sessions district”;

(b)in paragraph (5) for “any court acting for the relevant petty sessions district” substitute “ a court of summary jurisdiction ”.

(2) In Article 30 (free legal aid on appeal)—

(a)in paragraph (1) omit “acting for the same petty sessions district” and “acting for that district”;

(b)in paragraph (2)(b) omit “for the relevant petty sessions district”.

(3) In Article 39 (interpretation) omit the definition of “relevant petty sessions district”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 85 in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)