Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Regulations) 19894

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 19813, Order 62 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 19654 and the Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 19885 respectively, as it has in those Rules.