The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/529
• Sections: 8

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

Section 2

In these Regulations a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means a regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 .

Section 3

In regulations 6(3) and 9(5)(a) for the date “30th June 1991” there shall be substituted “30th June 1992”.

Section 4

In regulation 17–

(a) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following new paragraph:–

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the time limit within which any act is required or authorised to be done may, for good reason, be extended;–

(a) in the case of acts required or authorised to be done under regulation 15 or 16 by a taxing master or the High Court as the case may be;

(b) in the case of acts required or authorised to be done by a solicitor or counsel under any other regulation, the appropriate authority.

(b) in paragraph (2) and the first place where it occurs in paragraph (3) for the words “the Chief Taxing Master” there shall be substituted “a taxing master”.

Section 5

In Part I of Schedule 1–

(a) for paragraph 1(1) there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the following new sub-paragraph:–

(1)

(1) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the appropriate authority shall allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 6 at the following basic rates:

(b) in paragraph 1(2) the words “,13 or 14” shall be omitted.

Section 6

In Part II of Schedule 1–

(a) in paragraph 4(2)(b) after the word “advocacy” there shall be inserted the words “(including waiting)”;

(b) for the table in paragraph 4(3) there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the following table:–

PREPARATION

(c) in paragraph 4(4) the words “, 13 or 14” shall be omitted;

(d) in paragraph 4(10) the words “,13 or 14” shall be omitted and for the figures “£26.25” and “£28” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the figures “£28” and “£30”;

(e) in paragraph 4(11) for the figure “£9.40” there shall be substituted in respect of work done on or after 1st April the figure “£10.15”.

Section 7

In Part I of Schedule 2–

(a) in paragraph 9 for the figure “£17” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the figure “£18”;

(b) in paragraph 10 for the figure “£9.40” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991 the figure “£10.15”;

(c) for the Table there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the following Table:–

TABLE

(1) Half day

(2) Full day

(3) More than a full day

Section 8

In Part II of Schedule 2–

(a) In table 1 for the figures “£26”, “£13”, “£30” and “£15” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991 the figures “£28”, “£14”, “£32” and “£16” respectively.

(b) In table 2 for the figures “£50”, “£25”, “£57”, and “£29” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991 the figures “£53”, “£27”, “£61” and “£31” respectively.