Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 No. 228 (NI. 8)

PART IV N.I. MISCELLANEOUS

Exemption from stamp duty N.I.

40.  Stamp duty shall not be chargeable in respect of—

(a) any form of application for legal aid under this Order; or

(b) any form relating to the offer and acceptance of a certificate pursuant to an application for legal aid under this Order.

Applications to Crown N.I.

41.  This Order shall bind the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.

Amendments, repeals and revocations N.I.

• 42.  Para.(1), with Schedule 3, effects amendments

• Para.(2) with Schedule 4, effects repeals

(3) In any other statutory provision for the words “legal aid certificate”, “defence certificate” or “appeal aid certificate” wherever they occur there shall be substituted the words “ criminal aid certificate ”.