The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

PART 2 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Very High Cost Cases

4.  The amendments made by regulation 3(2) to (5) and (8) apply in relation to fees for work undertaken on or after 2nd December 2013.

Prison law

5.—(1) The amendment made by regulation 3(6) does not apply to any fees claimed in a case in relation to which the application for advice and assistance under section 15 of the Act (advice and assistance for criminal proceedings) was made before 2nd December 2013.

(2) For the purpose of this regulation, an application is made before 2nd December 2013 if the application is—

(a) in paper form and is—

(i) signed and dated by the provider before 2nd December 2013; and

(ii) received by the Director by 5:00pm on 2nd January 2014; or

(b) made over the telephone to the provider and—

(i) the telephone call is made before 2nd December 2013; and

(ii) the application form is signed and dated by the provider and is received by the Director within 30 days of the telephone call.

(3) In this regulation, “provider” means a person with whom the Lord Chancellor has made an arrangement under section 2(1) of the Act (arrangements) for the provision of criminal legal aid.

Experts’ fees

6.—(1) The amendment made by regulation 3(7) applies to proceedings in which a relevant determination is made on or after 2nd December 2013.

(2) In this regulation a “relevant determination” means a determination made under section 13, 15 or 16 of the Act for the provision of advice, assistance or representation.