5 S.R.
2003/513, S.R. 2003/514: incomplete copies laid before Parliament
and supplied to the Committee
Legal Aid Certificates (Amendment) Rules (Northern
Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/513)
Legal Aid in Criminal Cases (Statement of Means)
(Amendment) rules (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/514)
5.1 The Committee draws the special attention
of both Houses to these Rules on the ground that the copies laid
before Parliament and supplied to the Committee were incomplete.
5.2 The Schedule to each of these Rules prescribes,
respectively, the form of a legal aid certificate for diversionary
youth conferences and the form of a statement of means of an applicant
for legal aid for such conferences. In the copies laid before
Parliament and supplied to the Committee the Schedule to each
instrument contained the title of the form plus the words "[Set
out draft for the proposed new form]".
5.3 In a memorandum printed at Appendix 5, the Department
for Constitutional Affairs states that the omission of the form
from the Rules laid before Parliament and sent to the Committee
was the result of an administrative error, and that correct copies
have now been substituted for those originally laid.
5.4 The Committee accordingly reports these Rules
on ground that incomplete copies were laid before Parliament and
supplied to the Committee. The Committee reminds departments of
the need to put in place and operate arrangements to ensure that
such errors do not occur.
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