The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/7
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st February 2014.

Section 2 Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in the definition of “the relevant contract” for “or the 2013 Individual Case Contract (Civil)” substitute “, the 2013 Individual Case Contract (Civil) or the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”; and

(b) in the definition beginning “the 2010 Standard Civil Contract” for “and “the 2013 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Civil)”” substitute “, “the 2013 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Civil)” and “the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” ”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1, after paragraph 2 (Legal help and help at court: fees for Housing) insert—

(2A) The fees in Table 1 for Welfare Benefits do not apply to the payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to providers of civil legal services where the provision of those services is governed by the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits). The fee for the payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to those persons is contained in Table 7 in this Part.

(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 1, after Table 6 insert—

2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)