The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

2.  The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991(1) shall be amended, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1996, by

(a) inserting at the end of the definition of “care proceedings” in regulation 2(1) the words “and includes proceedings under section 25 of that Act (secure accommodation orders)”;

(b) inserting after regulation 3(4)(b) the following

“(bb) in allowing costs under Parts I to III and V of Schedule 1 and Part I to III and V of Schedule 2, shall allow the rates specified for franchisees in Schedules 1A and 2A where the work done was done by a person or body (other than the Board) acting under the terms of a franchising contract which was entered into by the Board pursuant to its powers under section 4 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 and references in these Regulations to Schedule 1 or 2 shall, in relation to work done by franchisees, be construed as references to Schedule 1A or, as the case may be, 2A;” and

(c) substituting, for Schedules 1 and 2, the following new Schedules.

(1)

S.I. 1991/2038; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/2112 and 1992/596.