1999 No. 3299

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 19881, having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st December 1999.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations a regulation referred to by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 19892.

Amendments to the 1989 Regulations3

1

In regulation 5(5), after “paragraph (4)(b) and (c)” there shall be inserted “but excluding any supplement allowed under paragraph (8)”.

2

After regulation 5(7) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph:–

8

The determining officer shall allow a supplement in respect of work done under paragraph (1) on 31st December 1999 or 1st January 2000, equal to one half of the fees allowed under the Schedule.

David LockParliamentary Secretary,Lord Chancellor’s Department

We consent,

Jim DowdDavid JamiesonTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations allow a supplementary fee in respect of work done by duty solicitors or own solicitors at police stations on 31st December 1999 or 1st January 2000. The supplementary fee is equal to 50% of the basic fee, and is not taken into account in deciding whether the costs incurred are likely to exceed the limit prescribed by regulation 4(1)(a) of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 19893 (at present £90).