The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Photocopying Fees and Welfare Reform) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996

2.—(1) The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 16(2)(c) (payment of fees and outlays from property recovered or preserved) for “section 79 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012” substitute “Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(2)”.

(3) In Part I of Schedule 3 (table of fees allowable to solicitors for assistance by way of representation), for paragraph 5 in the table of fees substitute—

“5.	(a)	There is no fee for photocopying—
		(i)	where fewer than 20 sheets are copied at one time;
		(ii)	in relation to the first 20 sheets copied at any one time.
	(b)	Subject to sub-paragraph (a), the fee for all photocopying in the matter in relation to which assistance by way of representation was given is—
		(i)	5 pence for each sheet copied for up to 10,000 sheets; and
		(ii)	1 penny per sheet for each sheet copied in addition to the first 10,000 sheets.”.

(4) In Part II of Schedule 3 (table of fees allowed to solicitors for advice and assistance other than assistance by way of representation), for paragraph E in the table of fees substitute—

“E.	(a)	There is no fee for photocopying—
		(i)	where fewer than 20 sheets are copied at any one time;
		(ii)	in relation to the first 20 sheets copied at any one time.
	(b)	Subject to sub-paragraph (a), the fee for all photocopying in the matter is—
		(i)	5 pence for each sheet copied for up to 10,000 sheets; and
		(ii)	1 penny per sheet for each sheet copied in addition to the first 10,000 sheets.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/2447; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2005/171, S.S.I. 2008/240, S.S.I. 2013/65 and S.S.I. 2013/142.

(2)

2012 c.5.