The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019

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

4.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5(1) (fees allowances to solicitors: identification parades and judicial examinations)(2)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “£114.00” substitute “£117.42”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) for “£12.67” substitute “£13.06”,

(c) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) for “£93.80” substitute “£96.62”,

(d) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) for “£11.82” substitute “£12.18”.

(3) In regulation 6 (duty solicitors’ fees)(3)—

(a) for “£63” in each place where it appears substitute “£64.89”,

(b) for “£9” in each place where it appears substitute “£9.27”,

(c) for “£70” in each place where it appears substitute “£72.10”.

(4) In schedule 1 (fees of solicitors) in the Notes on the operation of schedule 1 in paragraph 7(1) for “£12.67” substitute “£13.06”.

(5) In part 1 (detailed fees) and part 2 (inclusive fees for solemn first instance proceedings) of schedule 1 (fees of solicitors) for the table of fees substitute the tables of fees in schedule 8 of these Regulations.

(6) In schedule 2 (fees of counsel) for the table of fees substitute the table of fees in schedule 9 of these Regulations.

(7) In schedule 3 (fees of counsel for proceedings in the supreme court) for the table of fees substitute the table of fees in schedule 10 of these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1989/1491 relevantly amended by S.I. 1991/566, S.I. 1992/374, S.S.I. 2004/264, S.S.I. 2005/113, S.S.I. 2005/584, S.S.I. 2005/656, S.S.I. 2007/180, S.S.I. 2008/240, S.S.I. 2009/312, S.S.I. 2010/63, S.S.I. 2010/212, S.S.I. 2011/41, S.S.I. 2011/135, S.S.I. 2012/276, S.I. 2013/7, S.S.I. 2013/250, S.S.I. 2013/320, S.S.I. 2015/337 and S.S.I. 2017/466.

(2)

Regulation 5 was substituted by S.S.I. 2010/212.

(3)

The figures in regulation 6 were substituted by S.S.I. 2008/240.