The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/592
• Sections: 9

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

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 regulation 4(2)(b) after the word “work” there shall be inserted the words “actually and”.

Section 4

In regulation 6, in respect of work done on or after 14th October 1991—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “Subject to paragraph (5), the” there shall be substituted “The”;

(b) in paragraph (3) for the words “,(4) and (5)” there shall be substituted “and (4)”.

Section 5

In regulations 6(3) and 9(5)(a) for the date “30th June 1992” there shall be substituted “30th June 1993”.

Section 6

For paragraph 1(1) of Part I of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1992, 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—

(a) Magistrates' court proceedings

(b) Crown Court and Court of Appeal

Section 7

In Part II of Schedule 1—

(a) for the table in paragraph 4(3) there shall be substituted, inrespect of work done on or after 1st April 1992, the followingtable—

PREPARATION

London rate

London rate

London rate

London rate

London rate

London rate

(b) in paragraph 4(10) for the figures “ £28.00” and “ £30.00” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1stApril 1992, the figures “ £29.00” and “ £31.00”;

(c) in paragraph 4(11) for the figure “ £10.15” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1stApril 1992, the figure “ £10.45”.

Section 8

In Part I of Schedule 2—

(a) in paragraph 9 for the figure “ £18” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1stApril 1992, the figure “ £18.50”;

(b) in paragraph 10 for the figure “ £10.15” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1stApril 1992, the figure “ £10.45”;

(c) for the Table there shall be substituted, in respect of work done onor after 1st April 1992, the following Table—

TABLE

Half day

Full day

More than a full day

Section 9

For the tables in Part II of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted,in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1992, the followingtables:—

JUNIOR COUNSEL

QUEEN'S COUNSEL