The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/644
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provision

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

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

(3) Regulations 2 to 7 of these Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 1st April 1996 to which the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 apply.

Section 2 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

In regulations 6(3) and 9(5)(a) for “30th June 1996” there shall be substituted the date “30th June 1997”.

Section 3 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

The following paragraphs shall be substituted for Schedule 1 Part I paragraph 1—

(1)

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

(a) Magistrates' court proceedings

(b) Crown Court and Court of Appeal proceedings

(2) In paragraphs 1(1) and 1A, “legal aid area” means an area specified by the Board under regulation 4(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 , and legal aid area 1 means the area so numbered by the Board.

(1A) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the following prescribed rates shall apply to work done by a franchisee instead of the corresponding rates in paragraph 1(1)(a):

Section 4 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

Part II of Schedule 1 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) the following shall be substituted for the Table following paragraph 4(3)—

PREPARATION

(b) in paragraph 4(10), for “£29.50” there shall be substituted “£30.00” and for “£31.50” there shall be substituted “£32.00”;

(c) in paragraph 4(11), for “£10.75” there shall be substituted “£10.90”.

Section 5 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

Part III of Schedule 1 shall be amended by substituting the following for paragraph 8(1):—

(8)

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), standard fees are payable in accordance with the Table below:—

TABLE

(1A) Where the work was done by a franchisee, standard fees are payable in accordance with the Table below:–

TABLE

Section 6 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

Part I of Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows–

(a) in paragraph 9, for “£19.00” there shall be substituted “£19.25”;

(b) in paragraph 10, for “£10.75” there shall be substituted “£10.90”;

(c) The following shall be substituted for the Table following paragraph 11–

TABLE

(1) Half day

(2) Full day

(3) More than a full day

Section 7 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

In Part II of Schedule 2 the following shall be substituted for Table 1 following paragraph 5:–