The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1375
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 7th June 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation

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

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

(1) In regulation 3(1), “(3), (4) and (5)” shall be substituted for “(3) and (4)”.

(2) The following paragraph shall be inserted after regulation 3(4):

(5) For costs claimed in respect of advice or assistance as to an appeal from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords, where a petition of appeal is not lodged with the House of Lords, the appropriate authority shall be the Registrar.

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

(1) In regulation 6(3), the words from “; provided that” to the end of that paragraph shall be deleted.

(2) In regulation 9(5), paragraph (a) shall be deleted.

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

In Schedule 3:

(a) At the end of paragraph 11(1) there shall be inserted:

but where a fee is also payable under sub-paragraph (1A), an amount equal to that fee shall be deducted from the fee payable under this sub-paragraph.

(b) The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 11(1):

(11)

(1A) The basic fee payable to any person for entering a paper plea and directions shall be that set out in the Table following paragraph 21.

(c) The following shall be inserted at the beginning of the Table following paragraph 21: