Transitional provisions3
1
Regulations 4A and 4B shall apply to proceedings where the legal aid order for the Crown Court was granted on or after 26th April 1993.
2
Regulations 4C and 4D shall apply to proceedings in which a claim under regulation 4C becomes eligible for payment, in accordance with regulation 4C(3), on or after 26th April 1993.
3
As regards regulation 10A (recovery of overpayments), the powers of the appropriate authority shall be exercisable in respect of any excess amount (as defined by regulation 10A(2)(a)), regardless of when it became outstanding.
4
As regards regulations 7 to 16 of these Regulations and the Appendix (standard fees in magistrates' courts):—
a
these Regulations shall apply to proceedings in a case in respect of which the legal aid order was granted (or if there is more than one legal aid order, then all such orders were granted) on or after 1st June 1993;
b
costs payable in respect of proceedings to which sub-paragraph (a) does not apply shall be determined as if these Regulations had not been made; and
c
in this paragraph “case” has the meaning assigned in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 Part III.