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Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 182 repealed (1.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 5 Pt. 2; S.I. 2013/453, art. 3(h) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2013/534, art. 6)
Commencement Information
I2Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))
The provisions of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47) apply—
(a)in relation to proceedings in Scotland before the appropriate judge under Part 1, 2 or 5 of this Act as those provisions apply in relation to summary proceedings;
(b)in relation to any proceedings on appeal arising out of such proceedings before the appropriate judge as those provisions apply in relation to appeals in summary proceedings.
Commencement Information
I3Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))
(1)The appropriate judge may grant free legal aid to a person in connection with proceedings under Part 1 or Part 2 before the judge or the High Court.
(2)A judge of the High Court may grant free legal aid to a person in connection with proceedings under Part 1 or Part 2 before the High Court or the [F2Supreme Court].
(3)If the appropriate judge refuses to grant free legal aid under subsection (1) in connection with proceedings before the High Court the person may appeal to the High Court against the judge’s decision.
(4)A judge of the High Court may grant free legal aid to a person in connection with proceedings on an appeal under subsection (3).
(5)Free legal aid may be granted to a person under subsection (1), (2) or (4) only if it appears to the judge that—
(a)the person’s means are insufficient to enable him to obtain legal aid, and
(b)it is desirable in the interests of justice that the person should be granted free legal aid.
(6)On an appeal under subsection (3) the High Court may—
(a)allow the appeal;
(b)dismiss the appeal.
(7)The High Court may allow an appeal under subsection (3) only if it appears to the High Court that—
(a)the person’s means are insufficient to enable him to obtain legal aid, and
(b)it is desirable in the interests of justice that the person should be granted free legal aid.
(8)If the High Court allows an appeal under subsection (3) it must grant free legal aid to the person in connection with the proceedings under Part 1 or Part 2 before it.
(9)If on a question of granting free legal aid under this section or of allowing an appeal under subsection (3) there is a doubt as to whether—
(a)the person’s means are insufficient to enable him to obtain legal aid, or
(b)it is desirable in the interests of justice that the person should be granted free legal aid,
the doubt must be resolved in favour of granting him free legal aid.
(10)References in this section to granting free legal aid to a person are to assigning to him—
(a)a solicitor and counsel, or
(b)a solicitor only, or
(c)counsel only.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 184 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 81(4)(n); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 184: power to amend conferred (1.9.2012) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 90(2)(d), 111(3); S.R. 2012/214, art. 4
Commencement Information
I4Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))
(1)The provisions of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8)) listed in subsection (2) apply in relation to free legal aid under section 184 in connection with proceedings before the appropriate judge or the High Court as they apply in relation to free legal aid under Part III of the Order.
(2)The provisions are—
(a)Article 32 (statements of means);
(b)Article 36(1) (payment of legal aid);
(c)Article 36(3) and (4) (rules);
(d)Article 36A (solicitors excluded from legal aid work);
(e)Article 37 (remuneration of solicitors and counsel);
(f)Article 40 (stamp duty exemption).
(3)As so applied those Articles have effect as if—
(a)a person granted free legal aid under section 184 had been granted a criminal aid certificate under Part III of the Order;
(b)section 184 were contained in Part III of the Order.
(4)The fees of any counsel, and the expenses and fees of any solicitor, assigned to a person under section 184 in connection with proceedings before the [F3Supreme Court]F3 must be paid by the [F4Department of Justice in Northern Ireland]F4.
(5)The fees and expenses paid under subsection (4) must not exceed the amount [F5allowed]F5[F6 by the Supreme Court or under Supreme Court Rules.]F6
(6)For the purposes of section 184 and this section the appropriate judge is—
(a)such county court judge or resident magistrate as is designated for the purposes of Part 1 [F7under section 67]F7, if the proceedings are under Part 1;
(b)such county court judge or resident magistrate as is designated for the purposes of Part 2 [F8under section 139]F8, if the proceedings are under Part 2.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in s. 185(4) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 81(5)(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F4Words in s. 185(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 70(4) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
F5Word in s. 185(5) inserted (25.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112(1), 116, Sch. 7 para. 117; S.I. 2009/3096, art. 3(v)(x)
F6Words in s. 185(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 81(5)(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F7Words in s. 185(6)(a) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 355(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a) Sch. 1 paras. 10, 11(cc)
F8Words in s. 185(6)(b) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 355(b); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a) Sch. 1 paras. 10, 11(cc)
Commencement Information
I5Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))
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