Payments on account by the Lord Chancellor direct to barristers in independent practice11
1
Subject to paragraphs F2(6) and (7), where a provider has instructed a barrister in independent practice to carry out work that is not Controlled Work, the barrister may apply F3from time to time to the Lord Chancellor on a form approved by the Lord Chancellor for payment on account of remuneration for the civil legal services provided by the barrister F4....
F52
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F53
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F54
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F55
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6
An application under paragraph (1) may not be made in respect of advocacy services in family proceedings.
F17
In addition, an application under paragraph (1) may not be made—
a
before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date on which the Director determined under section 9 of the Act that the legally aided person qualified for civil legal services;
b
if it is the second or subsequent application under that paragraph in connection with services provided to the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), less than three months after the date on which the previous application was made.
8
For the purposes of paragraph (7)—
a
it does not matter whether the Director makes the determination under section 9 of the Act before, on or after 7th October 2020;
b
where the barrister has made one or more applications under paragraph (1) before 7th October 2020 in connection with services provided to a particular legally aided person, that application or, as the case may be, the last of those applications is to be treated as the first application for the purposes of determining when the barrister may make a further application under paragraph (1).