Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989
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1
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 5(2) (fees allowable to solicitors)—
a
in sub-paragraph (a), after “(b)” insert “, (ba)”;
b
in sub-paragraph (b), omit “and”; and
c
after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
ba
in a simple procedure case (within the meaning of section 72(9) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 ) shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 2A; and
.
3
After Schedule 2, insert Schedule 2A as set out in the schedule of these Regulations.
4
In paragraph 1(3)(d) of Schedule 7 (interpretation of “exceptional case”), after “with” insert “Schedule 2A or”.
S.I. 1989/1490; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2003/178, S.S.I. 2009/203 and S.S.I. 2015/380.
2014 asp 18.
Reg. 2 in force at 28.11.2016, see reg. 1
Word in reg. 2(2)(c) substituted (28.11.2016) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/317), regs. 1, 2(2)