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S.I. No. 12/1965 - Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Regulations, 1965
Table of Provisions (12)
Statutory Text (12 Articles)
1. Name of applicant (in block letters) ............................................................ ......................................................
2. Full postal address............................................................ ............................................................ ........................
3. State whether single man/woman, married man/woman, widow or widower
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4. Occupation ............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................
5. Average weekly income from all sources, including overtime £
6. If you pay rent, please state the weekly amount £
7. If you own your own house, please state amount of
(a) ground rent (annual)
(b) rates, and
(c) monthly mortgage repayments (if any)
8. What persons do you support? If any are children at school state their ages .........................................
............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .......
9. What money have you, or is likely to be available to you that could be used for obtaining legal aid at your own expense? ............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................
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10. What other assets have you that could be used for obtaining legal aid at your own expense? ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .......
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11. If you are under twenty-one, are your parents or guardian able and willing to provide legal aid for you or to assist you in providing yourself with legal aid? ............................................................ .........................
DECLARATION*
I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the above particulars are true.
Date.....................................................
Signature ............................................................ .................
*WARNING.—If any person in furnishing this statement of means knowingly makes any false statement or false representation he is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both the fine and the imprisonment.
THIRD SCHEDULE
SOLICITORS' AND COUNSEL'S FEES
Case
Fees to be allowed to solicitor
Fees to be allowed to counsel
One-day hearing
Each additional day
One-day hearing
Each additional day
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
District Court hearing in relation to a charge—
(1) other than murder,
6
6
0
5
5
0
—
—
(2) of murder.
6
6
0
5
5
0
Circuit or Central Criminal Court hearing in relation to a charge—
(1) other than murder in which—
(a) 1 Counsel only is assigned,
10
10
0
5
5
0
10
10
0
7
7
0
(b) 2 Counsel are assigned,
15
15
0
10
10
0
(2) of murder in which—
(a) 1 Counsel only is assigned,
26
5
0
9
9
0
26
5
0
12
12
0
(b) 2 Counsel are assigned.
31
10
0
9
9
0
31
10
0
18
18
0
Appeals from District Court
6
6
0
5
5
0
—
—
Court of Criminal Appeal hearing in relation to a charge—
(1) other than murder in which—
(a) 1 counsel is assigned
12
12
0
5
5
0
10
10
0
7
7
0
(b) 2 counsel are assigned
15
15
0
10
10
0
(2) of murder in which—
(a) 1 counsel only is assigned,
26
5
0
7
7
0
26
5
0
12
12
0
(b) 2 counsel are assigned.
31
10
0
7
7
0
31
10
0
18
18
0
High Court Hearing of case stated by District Court in which—
(a) 1 counsel only is assigned,
10
10
0
5
5
0
10
10
0
7
7
0
(b) 2 counsel are assigned.
15
15
0
10
10
0
Supreme Court hearing of case stated by Circuit Court in which—
(a) 1 counsel only is assigned
10
10
0
5
5
0
10
10
0
7
7
0
(b) 2 counsel are assigned.
15
15
0
10
10
0
Supreme Court hearing of appeal from determination of High Court on case stated by District Court in which—
(a) 1 counsel only is assigned,
10
10
0
5
5
0
10
10
0
7
7
0
(b) 2 counsel are assigned.
15
15
0
10
10
0
Supreme Court hearing of appeal from Court of Criminal Appeal in relation to a charge—
(1) other than murder in which—
(a) 1 counsel only is assigned,
12
12
0
5
5
0
10
10
0
7
7
0
(b) 2 counsel are assigned,
15
15
0
10
10
0
(2) of murder in which—
(a) 1 counsel only is assigned,
21
0
0
7
7
0
26
5
0
12
12
0
(b) 2 counsel are assigned.
26
5
0
7
7
0
31
10
0
18
18
0
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 12th day of January, 1965.
BRIAN LENIHAN
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 the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance. this 20th day of January, 1965.
SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN
Minister for Finance
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations prescribe procedure relating to the Legal Aid Scheme for poor persons in certain criminal cases. Scales of fees, expenses, etc., are also prescribed.
S.I. No. 12 of 1965.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID) REGULATIONS, 1965
I, BRIAN LENIHAN, 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