Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 689 (S.49)

The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1997

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"14.

Copying fees Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of Note: a "sheet" shall consist of 250 words or numbers.

£0.08

".

     4 .  - (1) For paragraph 16 of Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court) in relation to any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced before 1st January 1994[4] there shall be substituted the following paragraph:-

"16. Copying fees Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of Note: a "sheet" shall consist of 250 words or numbers.

£0.08

".

    (2) For paragraph 22 of Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court) in relation to any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced on or after 1st January 1994[5] there shall be substituted the following paragraph:-

22.

" Copying fees Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of Note: a "sheet" shall consist of 250 words or numbers.

£0.08

".

     5 . In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (table of detailed fees chargeable by solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session and sheriff court)[6] -

(a) for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:-



6.

Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of

£0.08

";

(b) For the paragraph under the heading "Interpretation" there shall be substituted the following paragraph:-

" In this Table-


"court" means court or tribunal as the case may be;
"a sheet" shall consist of 250 words or numbers; and
"a page" shall consist of 125 words or numbers.".

James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew's House Edinburgh
7th March 1997

(a) the fees of solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session and the fees of solicitor for proceedings in the sheriff court for any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced before 1st January 1994, the fee for each sheet copied is £0.08 (regulations 3 and 4(1)). The previous provision provided that the fee for copying all necessary papers was £1.00 per sheet for the first copy and £0.43 for additional copies;

(b) the fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court for any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced on or after 1st January 1994, the fee for each sheet copied is £0.08 (regulation 4(2)). The previous provision provided that the fee for copying all necessary papers was £1.00 per sheet for the first copy and £0.41 for additional copies;

(c) the detailed fees chargeable by solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session and the sheriff court, the fee for each sheet copied is £0.08 (regulation 5). The previous provision provided that the fee where an exceptional amount of copying proved necessary was £0.35 per sheet (exceptional being defined as the production of more than 20 output copy sheets).

By virtue of regulation 2 the Regulations apply only to fees for work done on or after 1st April 1997.

[2] S.I. 1989/1490, amended by S.I. 1990/473, 1991/565, 1994/1015 and 1233 and 1995/1044. back

[3] The Table of Fees in Schedule 1 was last substituted by regulation 3 of and Schedule 1 to S.I. 1995/1044. back

[4] The Table of Fees in Schedule 2 in relation to cases commenced before 1st January 1994 was last substituted by regulation 4(1) of and Schedule 2A to S.I. 1995/1044. back

[5] The Table of Fees in Schedule 2 in relation to cases commenced on or after 1st January 1994 was last substituted by regulation 4(2) of and Schedule 2B to S.I. 1995/1044. back

[6] The Table of Fees in Schedule 3 was last substituted by regulation 5 and of Schedule 3 to S.I. 1995/1044. back