The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

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

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in the definition of “the relevant contract” for “or the 2013 Individual Case Contract (Civil)” substitute “, the 2013 Individual Case Contract (Civil) or the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”; and

(b) in the definition beginning “the 2010 Standard Civil Contract” for “and “the 2013 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Civil)”” substitute “, “the 2013 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Civil)” and “the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”(2)”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1, after paragraph 2 (Legal help and help at court: fees for Housing) insert—

“2A.   The fees in Table 1 for Welfare Benefits do not apply to the payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to providers of civil legal services where the provision of those services is governed by the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits). The fee for the payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to those persons is contained in Table 7 in this Part.”.

(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 1, after Table 6 insert—

“Table 7: Standard Fee

2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)

Standard Fee

£208”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/422, as amended by S.I. 2013/2877.

(2)

These contracts are available at www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ.