Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 19997

1

The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 199924 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

a

after the entry for “continued diet” insert—

  • “court holiday” means a day prescribed as such (including an additional court holiday) in accordance with section 8(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;

b

after the entry for “excluded proceedings” insert—

  • “holiday court sitting” means a sitting of a sheriff court on a court holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday by virtue of an order under section 28 or 29 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014;

3

In regulation 4 (fixed payments allowable to solicitors)—

a

in paragraphs (6) and (6ZA)25, for “£108.15” substitute “£113.56”,

b

in paragraph (9)(b), for “£108.15” substitute “£113.56”.

4

In schedule 1—

a

for the table of fees in Part 1 substitute the table of fees in Part 1 of schedule 15 of these Regulations,

b

for the table of fees in Part 2 substitute the table of fees in Part 2 of schedule 15 of these Regulations.

5

In schedule 1A for the table of fees substitute the table of fees in schedule 16 of these Regulations.

6

In schedule 1B—

a

for the table of fees in Part 1 substitute the table of fees in Part 1 of schedule 17 of these Regulations,

b

for the table of fees in Part 2 substitute the table of fees in Part 2 of schedule 17 of these Regulations.