Remuneration of solicitors and counselN.I.
37. The[F1 Lord Chancellor] in exercising any power to make rules as to the amounts payable under this Part to counsel or a solicitor assigned to give legal aid, and any person by whom any amount so payable is determined in a particular case, shall have regard[F2, among the matters which are relevant, to—
(a)the time and skill which work of the description to which the rules relate requires;
(b)the number and general level of competence of persons undertaking work of that description;
(c)the cost to public funds of any provision made by the rules; and
(d)the need to secure value for money,
but nothing in this Article shall require him to have regard to any fees payable to solicitors and counsel otherwise than under this Part.]
F1SI 1982/159
F2Words in art. 37 substituted (9.3.2005) by Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(2), 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(3); S.R. 2005/111, art. 3 (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 4, 5, 6) (as amended (29.8.2009) by S.R. 2009/312, art. 3 (with savings in arts. 4, 5))