Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989 (“the principal Regulations”) so as to provide the following:–
(a)Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is amended to provide that where more than one letter, each of which has a similar subject matter, is sent the fee prescribed in paragraph 5(b) shall apply (regulation 5); and
(b)regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended and Schedule 2 is substituted to provide that fees of Counsel will be determined by the Scottish Legal Aid Board, or after taxation by the Auditor of Court, in accordance with Schedule 2 (regulations 4 and 6).