The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/1877
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st September 2000.

Section 2 Transitional provisions

These Regulations shall apply to work done under a legal aid order made on or after 1st September 2000, and costs payable in respect of work done under a legal aid order made before that date shall be determined as if these Regulations had not come into force.

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

After paragraph (7) of regulation 9 of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 there shall be inserted the following:—

(8) Where

(a) a legal aid order provides for representation by a sole advocate other than a Queen’s Counsel and a Queen’s Counsel agrees to appear as the sole advocate, or

(b) a legal aid order provides for representation by two advocates other than Queen’s Counsel and a Queen’s Counsel agrees to appear as a leading junior

that Queen’s Counsel shall be treated for all the purposes of these Regulations as having been instructed under that order; and his remuneration shall be determined as if he were not a Queen’s Counsel.