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Version date: 1 March 2007 - onwards
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166. New section 257H in Act of 2001.

The following section is inserted in the Act of 2001 after section 257G:

"257H. Regulations (legal aid).

(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying section 257G into effect.

(2) The regulations may, in particular, prescribe -

(a) the form of certificates granted under that section,

(b) the rates or scales of payment of any fees, costs or other expenses payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas pursuant to those certificates, and

(c) the manner in which solicitors and counsel are to be assigned pursuant to those certificates.

(3) Regulations in subsection (2)(b) shall not be made without the consent of the Minister for Finance.

(4) Pending the making of regulations under this section, the regulations under section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 shall apply and have effect, with the necessary modifications, in relation to certificates for free legal aid granted under section 257G of this Act as if they were certificates for free legal aid granted under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962.".