The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/1824
• Sections: 5

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st August 1994.

Section 2

In these Regulations a regulation referred to by number alone means a regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 and a reference to a Schedule means the Schedule to those Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989

Regulation 2 shall be amended by inserting—

(a) after the definition of “business day” the following definition:—

“contract” means a contract entered into by the Board with other persons or bodies pursuant to its powers under section 4 of the Act;

(b) after the definition of “duty solicitor scheme” the following definition:—

“franchisee” means a person or body (other than the Board) acting under the terms of a franchising contract;

Section 4 Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989

Regulation 5 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) by substituting in paragraph (5) for “Subject to paragraph (6)” the words “Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7)”;

(b) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following paragraph:—

(7) Paragraph (5) shall not apply where a franchisee certifies that advice and assistance was required in the interests of justice to be given as a matter of urgency.

Section 5 Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989

In the Schedule, paragraph 2 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) by inserting at the beginning “—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2),”;

(b) by adding at the end the following new sub-paragraph:—

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply where the duty solicitor is a franchisee providing advice and assistance under a franchising contract.