PART IIIN.I.FREE LEGAL AID IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

[F1Court-ordered youth conferencesN.I.

35A.(1) In this Part references to—

(a)the preparation and conduct of a person's defence before a court or at a trial;

(b)the preparation and conduct of an appeal; and

(c)resisting an appeal,

include preparation for and participation in any court-ordered youth conference (but not any diversionary youth conference).

(2) In Article 29, as it applies by virtue of paragraph (5) of that Article, references to free legal aid to which a person appearing or brought before the Crown Court to be dealt with is entitled include free legal aid in the preparation for and participation in any court-ordered youth conference (but not any diversionary youth conference).]