The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Application

2.—(1) These Regulations apply only in relation to fees for work done or outlays incurred on or after 22 March 2021, except in relation to—

(a) regulation 4(4) and (9),

(b) regulation 6(4) and (6), and

(c) regulation 7.

(2) Regulation 4(4) applies only in relation to work carried out for the purposes of commencing appeal proceedings in terms of section 107 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(1) on or after 22 March 2021.

(3) Regulation 4(9) applies only in relation to trials commenced on or after 22 March 2021.

(4) Regulations 6(4) and (6), and 7 apply only in relation to a case where the criminal legal assistance concerned is granted or made available on or after 22 March 2021.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1), where work for a fee prescribed in schedules 1 to 11 is conducted over more than one date, the work is deemed to have been done on the day on which the work comes to an end.

(1)

1995 c.46. Section 107 was amended by paragraph 21(15) of schedule 1 of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 c.48, section 62 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), paragraph 16 of schedule 1 of the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6) and paragraph 8 of schedule 1 of the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16).