1987 No. 388
The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1987
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.
2
For paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 19853, there shall be substituted in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1987, the following paragraph:—
1
The Law Society shall, subject to paragraph 2 in the case of item (a), allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 5 at the following rates;
Class of work
Rate
a
availability during duty period
£2.85 per hour served, to a maximum of £68.40 (£2.95 per hour served to a maximum of £70.80 in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within a London postal district)
b
dvising and assisting person arrested and held in custody in connection with an arrestable offence or being interviewed in connection with a serious service offence
i
by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours
£43 per hour
ii
by a duty solicitor in all other hours
£32.50 per hour (£33.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within a London postal district)
iii
by an own solicitor
£32.50 per hour (£33.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within a London postal district)
c
all other advice and assistance
£32.50 per hour (£33.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within a London postal district)
d
travelling and waiting
i
by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours
£43 per hour
ii
by a duty solicitor in all other hours
£32.50 per hour (£33.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within a London postal district)
iii
by an own solicitor
£19 per hour
e
dvising and assisting over the telephone
£12 per item
f
routine telephone calls
£1.50 per item
We concur,