The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”) so as to provide that–

(a) fixed payment criminal legal aid shall not apply to proceedings under section 9 of the Extradition Act 1989 or section 5 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001(regulation 3(b));

(b) the fixed payments set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1999 regulations shall not apply to proceedings which take place before a court which has been designated as a drug court by the sheriff principal (“a drug court”) (regulation 4);

(c) there shall be a fixed payment of £100 in respect of all work done up to and including the first appearance from custody, and of £50 in respect of any other appearance, of an assisted person before a court which has been designated as a drug court (regulation 5);

(d) there shall be an additional fixed payment of £100 where an assisted person appearing before the drug court is under 21 years of age and is remanded in custody (regulation 4(3)).