The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Regulations) 1989

4.  In regulation 3—

(a) after the definition of “legal aid area” there shall be added the following definition:—

““legal aid only costs” means those costs which would not be allowed as inter partes costs, but which are payable from the fund subject to determination under regulation 107A(2);”;

(b) after the definition of “patient” there shall be added the following definition:—

““relevant authority” means the Area Director in the case of an assessment and the taxing officer in the case of a taxation;”;

(c) after the definition of “substantive certificate” there shall be added the following definition:—

““taxing officer” has the same meanings in relation to proceedings governed by Order 38 of the County Court Rules 1981(1), Order 62 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965(2) and the Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 1988(3) respectively, as it has in those Rules.”.

(1)

S.I.1981/1687.Relevant amendments are S.I.1983/1716, S.I. 1984/878, S.I.1986/636, S.I.1988/278, S.I.1989/236 and 2426, S.I. 1991/1328 and S.I.1992/793.

(2)

S.I.1965/1776.Relevant amendments are S.I.1986/632, S.I. 1987/1423, S.I.1988/1340, S.I.1990/1689, S.I.1991/1884 and S.I. 1992/638.

(3)

S.I.1988/1328, as amended by S.I.1989/385 and 1021, S.I.1990/490 and S.I.1991/530; these Rules have effect as part of the Family Proceedings (Costs) Rules 1991 (S.I.1991/1832) by virtue of rule 2(2) of those Rules.