2016 No. 983
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st November 2016.
Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 20132
1
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 20133 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)4—
a
in the definition of “the relevant contract”, for “or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract” substitute “, the 2015 Standard Civil Contract or the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”, and
b
in the definition beginning “the 2010 Standard Civil Contract”—
i
after ““the 2010 Standard Civil Contract”,” insert ““the 2010 Standard Crime Contract”,”, and
ii
for “and “the 2015 Standard Civil Contract”” substitute “, “the 2015 Standard Civil Contract” and “the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)””.
3
In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Civil Standard and Graduated Fees)—
a
in paragraph 2A (Legal help and help at court)5, after “the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” insert “or the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”, and
b
at the end of the heading for Table 7 (Standard Fee)6 insert “and 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”.
Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Statutory Charge) Regulations 20133
In regulation 2(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (Statutory Charge) Regulations 2013 (interpretation)7, in the definition of “legal aid only costs”—
a
in sub-paragraph (f) omit “or”, and
b
at the end of sub-paragraph (g) insert—
or
- a
the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits);
(This note is not part of the Regulations)