S.I. No. 36/1986:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1986.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1986.

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 fees, costs or 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, 1986.

(2) The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965 to 1985, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965 to 1986.

2. In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1984" means the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 279 of 1984 ).

3. 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 Regulations of 1984):

"(a) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of 50p per mile of the journey shall be paid, and",

and

(b) by the substitution of the following clause for clause (i) (inserted by the Regulations of 1984) 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 50p per mile of the journey shall be paid, and".

4. Regulation 7 of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1975 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) (inserted by Regulation 4(b) of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 225 of 1985 )):

"(a) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of 50p per mile of the journey, and".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of February, 1986.

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.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of February, 1986.

ALAN M. DUKES,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations provide for an increase in the motor mileage rate payable to solicitors under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme.