The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure, Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

3.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “Category Definition”, for “or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract” substitute “, the 2015 Standard Civil Contract or the 2018 Standard Civil Contract”;

(b) in the definition of “the relevant contract”, for “or the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” substitute “, the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits) or the 2018 Standard Civil Contract”; and

(c) in the definition beginning “the 2010 Standard Civil Contract”, for “and the “2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”” substitute “, “the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” and “the 2018 Standard Civil Contract””.

(3) In regulation 5A (remuneration for civil legal services: judicial review)—

(a) in paragraph (3)(b), for ““2013 CLA Contract” means the contract” substitute ““2013 CLA Contract and “2018 CLA Contract” mean the contracts”; and

(b) in paragraph (3)(j), for “or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract” substitute “, the 2015 Standard Civil Contract, the 2018 Standard Civil Contract or the 2018 CLA Contract”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/422; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/7, 2014/586, 2014/1824, 2015/325, 2015/898, 2015/1678 and 2016/983. Regulation 5A was inserted by regulation 2 of S.I. 2015/898.