1996 No. 647
The Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 19881, having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 1st April 1996 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 19892 apply.
2
The Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 shall be amended by substituting for regulation 5(2) and (3) the following—
2
Subject to paragraph (3), the determining officer shall allow remuneration
a
in respect of paragraph (1)(a),
i
at £50.75 per hour or, in the case of work done by a franchisee, at £52.25 per hour or
ii
where the fee-earner’s office is situated within legal aid area 1, at £52.00 per hour or, in the case of work done by a franchisee, at £53.50 per hour;
b
in respect of paragraph (1)(b), at £25.00 per hour or, in the case of work done by a franchisee, at £25.50 per hour.
3
Remuneration allowed in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) shall be increased by 25 per cent in respect of work done on a day which is not a business day.
4
In this regulation “legal aid area” means an area specified by the Board under regulation 4(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 19893 and legal aid area 1, means the area so specified by the Board.
We consent,
(This note is not part of the Regulations)