The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Amendment of the Civil Legal (General) Regulations 1989

3.—(1) In paragraph (2) of regulation 104 the words after “Part 1,” shall be deleted and there shall be inserted the words “paragraph 1(1)(a) to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989(1) as if the work done was work to which those provisions apply, save that paragraph 2 and 3 of Schedule 1, Part I shall not apply.”.

(2) In regulation 105—

(a) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

“(2A) Where proceedings have begun and the solicitor is of the opinion that the total amount which he and counsel (if any) would receive after taxation on the standard basis would not be more than £500 he must apply to the Area Director for an assessment of the amount of his costs and counsel’s fees (if any) in respect of the work done.”

(b) In paragraph (3) before the word “Where” there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (2A),” and for the figure “£500” there shall be substituted the figure “£1,O00”.

(1)

S.I. 1989/343.