S.I. No. 79/1983:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.

I, MICHAEL NOONAN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962 (No. 12 of 1962), and in so far as these regulations are in relation to rates or scales of payment of expenses payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas pursuant to certificates for free legal aid, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983.

(2) These Regulations, and the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965 to 1982, may be cited together as the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations 1965 to 1983.

2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 6th day of December, 1982.

3. The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1965 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following clause for clause (i) of Regulation 11 (3) (a) (inserted by the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 368 of 1981)):

"(i) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of £0.37p per mile of the journey shall be paid, and".

4. The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1975 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of Regulation 7 (inserted by the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1982 )):

"( a ) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of £0.37p per mile of the journey, and".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of March, 1983.

MICHAEL J. NOONAN,

Minister for Justice.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of March, 1983.

ALAN M. DUKES,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for an increase, with effect from 6th December, 1982, in the motor mileage rate payable to solicitors under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme.