Assigning solicitors and counsel: free legal aid in extradition proceedingsN.I.
6.—(1) When granting a criminal aid certificate under section 184 of the 2003 Act, the appropriate judge or judge of the High Court, as applicable, shall, after taking into account any representations which the applicant may make, assign a solicitor who is practising in Northern Ireland and is willing to undertake the defence of legally aided persons in extradition proceedings.
(2) The assisted person shall be entitled to the services of any solicitor assigned under paragraph (1).
(3) Except where the judge directs under section 184(10) of the 2003 Act that only a solicitor shall be assigned, any member of the Bar who is practising in Northern Ireland and is willing to appear as counsel for legally aided persons in extradition proceedings may be instructed, on behalf of the assisted person, by the solicitor assigned under paragraph (1).
(4) Any member of the Bar instructed as provided under paragraph (3) shall, for the purposes of The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992 M1, be regarded as having been assigned in pursuance of a criminal aid certificate under Part III of the Order.
Marginal Citations
M1S.R. 1992 No. 314; to which the most recent amendment was made by S.R. 2011 No. 396