The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendments to the Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005

6.  In rule 2—

(a) omit the definition of ‘advocate’;

(b) omit the definition of ‘Certificate of Exceptionality’;

(c) after the definition of ‘counsel’, insert–

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

“the Department” means the Department of Justice established by the Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010(2);”;

(d) omit the definition of ‘the Court Service’;

(e) after the definition of ‘main hearing’, insert—

““meeting” has the meaning given by Article 3A(1) and (2) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;”;

(f) after the definition ‘the Order’, insert–

““PPE Range” means the number of pages of prosecution evidence, and for this purpose the number of pages of prosecution evidence includes all–

(a)

witness statements,

(b)

documentary and pictorial exhibits,

(c)

records of interviews with the assisted person, and

(d)

records of interviews with other defendants,

served on the court;

“Queen’s Counsel” includes senior counsel practising outside of Northern Ireland;”;

(g) after the definition of ‘taxing master’, insert—

““youth conference” has the meaning given by Article 3A(1) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

“youth conference co-ordinator” has the meaning given by Article 3A(3) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.”;

(h) omit the definitions of ‘a Very High Cost Case’ and ‘a Very High Cost Case Certificate’.

(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 3A was inserted by section 57 of that Act

(2)

2010 c. 3