Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Contempt Proceedings (Renumeration) Regulations 1991 as follows:

(1) they provide for an increase in the standard fee per day payable in respect of work done in contempt proceedings;

(2) they provide for the payment of that standard fee to cover all work done that day (ie regardless of the number of legal representatives assigned);

(3) they provide for an alternative basis of assessing an appropriate fee where there are exceptional circumstances.