The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005 No. 112

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 N.I.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 substituted (with application in accordance with rule 3(1) of the amending Rule) by The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/267), rule. 1, Sch. (with rule. 4)

Interpretation N.I.

2.   A reference in this Schedule to a Class of Offence refers to the Class in which that offence is listed in the Table of Offences in Schedule 3. N.I.

3.   In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires— N.I.

“Category 1” means a case involving a Class A offence which has been uplifted from Category 2 in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Schedule, or a case involving a Class G offence which has been uplifted from Category 2 in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Schedule;

“Category 2” means all cases involving a Class A (homicide and related grave offences), Class D (serious sexual offences, offences against children) or Class G (other offences of dishonesty) offence;

“Category 3” means all cases involving a Class B (offences involving serious violence or damage, and serious drugs offences) offence;

“Category 4” means all cases involving a Class C (lesser offences involving violence or damage, and less serious drugs offences), Class E (burglary etc.), Class F (other offences of dishonesty), Class H (miscellaneous lesser offences) or Class I (offences against public justice and similar offences) offence;

“senior solicitor” means a solicitor who has not less than eight years post qualification experience in criminal defence work.]