Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the provisions of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987 (“the principal Regulations”).
Regulation 2 and the Schedule substitute a new Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations so as to increase the detailed fees allowable to solicitors in respect of work done in connection with the provision of legal advice and assistance or assistance by way of representation by around 9% with the exception of the fee at Part I paragraph (a) which remains unchanged. The minimum fee which a solicitor may claim on the basis of the detailed fees contained in Schedule 3 Part II is increased from £15.00 to £25.00 and the unit of time is amended from the proportionate part of an hour to each quarter hour or part thereof. These amendments will apply only to work done on or after 31st August 1989.