The Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees in Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1357
• Sections: 22

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees in Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st September 1987.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees in Criminal Proceedings) Regulations 1984( ).

Section 2 Amendment of principal Regulations

After regulation 4 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation:–

Submission of accounts

(4A)

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) accounts prepared in respect of fees and outlays allowable to solicitors shall be submitted to the Board not later than 3 months after the date of conclusion of the proceedings in respect of which that legal aid was granted.

(2) The Board may accept accounts submitted in respect of fees and outlays later than the 3 months referred to in paragraph (1) if they consider that there is a special reason for late submission.

Section 3 Amendment of principal Regulations

In the provisions of the principal Regulations listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, for the amounts of the fees specified in these provisions and set out opposite in column 2 of Schedule 1, there shall be substituted the amounts specified opposite in column 3 of that Schedule.

Section 4 Amendment of principal Regulations

For the Table of Fees in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Section 5 Amendment of principal Regulations

For the Table of Fees in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

Section 6 Amendment of principal Regulations

The amendments to the principal Regulations made by regulations 2, 3, 4 and 5 of these Regulations shall apply only to fees in relation to proceedings concluded on or after 1st September 1987.

Section 1

(a) Framing precognitions and other papers, not drawn by counsel - per sheet

Section 2

Copying papers by any means–

Section 3

Revising papers drawn by counsel for each five sheets or part thereof

Section 4

Citation of witnesses, instructions to messengers-at-arms–

Section 5

Time charges–

Section 6

Correspondence–

Section 1

Attendance at court conducting trial or other hearing - per half hour

Section 2

Time occupied in the performance of all other work including attendances with client and others and attendances at court in all circumstances, except as otherwise specifically provided–

Section 3

Drawing all necessary papers (the sheet throughout this Table to consist of 250 words or numbers) - per sheet

Section 4

Revising papers where revisal ordered - for each five sheets

Section 5

Copying all necessary papers by any means

Section 6

Perusing any document (other than a letter) not exceeding

Section 7

Lodging in court

Section 8

Correspondence, intimations, etc.

Section 9

Citations

Section 10

Instructions to officers