The Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/951
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 24th April 1995.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations a reference to any regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 .

Section 3 Transitional provisions

These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 24th April 1995 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 apply.

Section 4 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989

Regulation 2 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) after the definition of “business day” there shall be inserted 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 1988 Act;

(b) after the definition of “duty solicitor scheme” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

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

Section 5 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989

Regulation 5(2) shall be amended as follows:—

(a) for the word “basic” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted the word “prescribed”;

(b) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), after “paragraph 1(1)(a)” there shall in inserted “(or paragraph 1A in the case of work done by a franchisee)”.