The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment to the principal rules

3.  Rule 2 of the principal rules (interpretation) shall be amended as follows: –

(1) After the definition of “counsel” there shall be inserted the following definition –

“court-ordered youth conference” has the meaning given by Article 33A(5) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1);; and

(2) After the definition of “disbursements” there shall be inserted the following definition –

“diversionary youth conferences” has the meaning given by Article 10A(2) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;.

(1)

S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9); Article 33A was inserted by section 59 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26) and Article 10A was inserted by section 58 of that Act