The Legal Aid (Supreme Court) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989

4.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2) In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “right of audience”, for “Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “Supreme Court”.

(3) For regulation 11(1)(b) substitute—

“(b) the Supreme Court, the matter shall be referred for taxation to the Registrar of the Supreme Court; or”.

(4) In regulation 11A—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” in both places it occurs, substitute “Supreme Court”; and

(b) in paragraph (4), for “Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “panel of Justices, as defined by rule 3(2) of the Supreme Court Rules 2009,”.

(5) In the heading to Schedule 1 and in the definition of “court” in paragraph 7 of that Schedule, for “Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “Supreme Court”.

(6) In the heading to Schedule 3 for “Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “Supreme Court”.

(7) In Schedule 3—

(a) for “Judicial Committee” substitute “Supreme Court” in—

(i) paragraph 2(c)(vi) of the notes on operation; and

(ii) paragraph 1(c) of the Table of Fees; and

(b) in paragraph 1(a) of the Table of Fees for “petition for leave to appeal” substitute “application for permission to appeal”.

(1)

S.I. 1989/1491; amended by S.I. 1990/474 and 1035, 1991/566, 1992/374, 1994/1019, 1997/719, 1999/491 and 1042 and S.S.I. 2002/246, 2004/264 and 316, 2005/656, 2006/515, 2007/180 and 2008/240.