Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

4.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)(2)—

(a) in the definition of “Category Definition”, for “or the 2014 Standard Civil Contract” substitute “, the 2014 Standard Civil Contract or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract”;

(b) in the definition of “the relevant contract”, for “or the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” substitute “, the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits) or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract”, and

(c) in the definition beginning “the 2010 Standard Civil Contract”, for “and “the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”” substitute “, “the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” and “the 2015 Standard Civil Contract””.

(3) In paragraph (3)(j) of regulation 5A (remuneration for civil legal services: judicial review)(3), for “or the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” substitute “, the 2014 Standard Civil Contract, the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits) or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/422.

(2)

Amended by S.I. 2014/7, 2014/1824 and 2015/325 and by Part 3 of S.I. 2015/1369, coming into force 11th January 2016. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

Inserted by S.I. 2014/607, substituted by S.I. 2015/898 and amended by Part 3 of S.I. 2015/1369, coming into force 11th January 2016.