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Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999

3.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (fixed payments allowable to solicitors)—

(a)in paragraph (3), for “reference to summary proceedings in paragraph (1)” substitute “references to summary proceedings in paragraphs (1) and (1C)”; and

(b)in paragraph (7)(c), for “10 and 10AA” substitute “10, 10AA and 13”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (which specifies fixed payments in respect of certain cases in the justice of the peace court and sheriff court for which criminal legal aid is available), omit paragraph 14.

(4) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1A (which specifies fixed payments in respect of certain cases in the Justice of the Peace court and sheriff court for which criminal legal aid is available), in the first column, for “12” substitute “13”.

(5) In Part 1 of Schedule 1B (which specifies fixed payments in respect of certain cases in the Justice of the Peace court and sheriff court for which assistance by way of representation is available)—

(a)in paragraph 1, for “8 and 9” substitute “8, 9 and 10”;

(b)in paragraph 3, for “£75” substitute “£150”; and

(c)omit paragraph 11.