Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1983.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1983.
(2) The collective citation the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965 to 1983, shall include these Regulations.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1983.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1982" means the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1982 ).
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paragraphs: Regulation 11 of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1965 ), is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) (inserted by the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 33 of 1978 )):
"(a) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of 41p per mile of the journey shall be paid, and",
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(b) by the substitution of the following clause for clause (1) (inserted by the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 79 of 1983 )) of subparagraph (a) of paragraph (3):
"(i) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of 41p per mile of the journey shall be paid, and".
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paragraphs: The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1975 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following Regulation for Regulation 7 (inserted by the Regulations of 1982):
"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 £20.44 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 41p 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 the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) (inserted by the Regulations of 1982) 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 £39.43 together with, if the hearing lasts for more than one day, a fee of £17.53 for each day or part of a day after the first for which the hearing lasts and for which the solicitor attends the hearing."
GIVEN under my Official Sea l, this 22nd day of December, 1983.
MICHAEL NOONAN,
Minister for Justice.
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations in so far as they are in relation to rates or scales of payment of fees, costs or expenses.