Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985.
(2) The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965 to 1984, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations 1965 to 1985.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1985.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1984" means the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1984 ).
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paragraphs: The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1975 ), are hereby amended by—
( a ) the substitution of the following Regulation for Regulation 7 (inserted by the Regulations of 1984):
"7. Where, in connection with a case or cases in relation to which a solicitor has been assigned pursuant to a certificate or certificates for free legal aid, it is essential for a solicitor to visit a prison or other custodial centre (other than a Garda Station), there shall be paid under the Act a fee of £22.74 in respect of each such visit together with travelling expenses actually and necessarily incurred as follows:
( a ) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of 46p per mile of the journey, and
( b ) in any other case, a sum equal to whichever of the following is the lesser—
(i) the actual cost of the journey,
or
(ii) the cost of the journey by public transport and, to the extent (if any) that public transport is not available hired car, or if no public transport is available for the journey, hired car.",
( b ) the substitution with effect from the 1st day of July, 1985, of the following Regulation for Regulation 7 (inserted by paragraph (a) of this Regulation):
"7. Where, in connection with a case or cases in relation to which a solicitor has been assigned pursuant to a certificate or certificates for free legal aid, it is essential for a solicitor to visit a prison or other custodial centre (other than a Garda Station), there shall be paid under the Act a fee of £23.42 in respect of each such visit together with travelling expenses actually and necessarily incurred as follows:
( a ) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of 46p per mile of the journey, and
( b ) in any other case, a sum equal to whichever of the following is the lesser—
(i) the actual cost of the journey,
or
(ii) the cost of the journey by public transport and, to the extent (if any) that public transport is not available hired car, or if no public transport is available for the journey, hired car.".
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paragraphs: The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 33 of 1978 ), are hereby amended by—
( a ) the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) (inserted by the Regulations of 1984) of Regulation 3(2):
"(a) The fees (payable under the Act) of a solicitor assigned in relation to a case in the District Court or an appeal to the Circuit Court in pursuance of a certificate for free legal aid shall be £43.86 together with, if the hearing lasts for more than one day, a fee of £19.50 for each day or part of a day after the first for which the hearing lasts and for which the solicitor attends the hearing.",
( b ) the substitution with effect from the 1st day of July, 1985, of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) (inserted by paragraph (a) of this Regulation):
"(a) The fees (payable under the Act) of a solicitor assigned in relation to a case in the District Court or an appeal to the Circuit Court in pursuance of a certificate for free legal aid shall be £45.18 together with, if the hearing lasts for more than one day, a fee of £20.09 for each day or part of a day after the first for which the hearing lasts and for which the solicitor attends the hearing.".