The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/648
• Sections: 5

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 1st April 1996 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 apply.

Section 2

The Schedule to these Regulations shall be substituted for the Schedule to the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989.

Section 1

(1) The Board shall, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 5 at the following rates:

(a) availability during duty period.

(b) advice and assistance to a person arrested and held in custody, or being interviewed in connection with a serious service offence or to a volunteer, given

(i) by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours

(ii) by a duty solicitor in all other hours

(iii) by an own solicitor

(c) travelling and waiting

(i) by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours

(ii) by a duty solicitor in all other hours

(iii) by an own solicitor

(d) advising and assisting over the telephone

(e) routine telephone calls

(2) In paragraphs 1(1) and 3, “legal aid area 1” means the area so numbered by the Board under regulation 4(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 .

Section 2

The fee allowed under paragraph 1(1)(a) shall be reduced by the amount of any other fees allowed under that paragraph for work done as a duty solicitor during that duty period to a maximum of one half of the fee allowed under paragraph 1(1)(a).

Section 3

In the case of a franchisee, the Board shall allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 5 at the following rates:

(a) availability during duty period.

(b) advice and assistance to a person arrested and held in custody, or being interviewed in connection with a serious service offence or to a volunteer, given

(i) by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours

(ii) by a duty solicitor in all other hours

(iii) by an own solicitor

(c) travelling and waiting

(i) by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours

(ii) by a duty solicitor in all other hours

(iii) by an own solicitor

(d) advising and assisting over the telephone

(e) routine telephone calls