The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/689
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989 .

Section 2 Application

These Regulations shall apply only to fees for work done on or after 1st April 1997.

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

For paragraph 14 of Part V of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

Copying fees

Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of

Note : a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers.

Section 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

(1) For paragraph 16 of Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court) in relation to any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced before 1st January 1994 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

Copying fees

Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of

Note : a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers.

(2) For paragraph 22 of Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court) in relation to any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced on or after 1st January 1994 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

Copying fees

Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of

Note : a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers.

Section 5 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (table of detailed fees chargeable by solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session and sheriff court) –

(a) for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

(b) For the paragraph under the heading “ Interpretation ” there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

In this Table–

“court” means court or tribunal as the case may be;

“a sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers; and

“a page” shall consist of 125 words or numbers.