The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1988

Regulation 1(2)

SCHEDULE 1 REVOCATIONS

Regulations revoked	References	Extent of revocation
The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1985	S.I. 1985/1880	The whole Regulations except in relation to work done before 1st April 1988
The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1986	S.I. 1986/445	The whole Regulations except in relation to work done before 1st April 1988
The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1986	S.I. 1986/1559	The whole Regulations except in relation to work done before 1st April 1988
The Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1987	S.I. 1987/388	The whole Regulations except in relation to work done before 1st April 1988

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 2

1.—(1) The Law Society shall, subject to paragraph 2 in the case of item (a), allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 5 at the following rates:

Class of work	Rate
(a) availability during duty period	£2.90 per hour served, to a maximum of £69.60 £2.95 per hour served to a served to a maximum of £70.80 in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14)
(b) advice and assistance to a person arrested and held in custody in connection with an arrestable offence, being interviewed in connection with a serious service offence or to a volunteer in connection with any such offence, given (i) by a duty solicitor	£45 per hour inunsocial hours
(ii) by a duty solicitor in all other hours	£34.50 per hour £36.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14)
(iii) by an own solicitor	£34.50 per hour £36.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14)
(c) all other advice and assistance	£34.50 per hour £36.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14)
(d) travelling and waiting (i) by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours	£45 per hour
(ii) by a duty solicitor in all other hours	£34.50 per hour £36.50 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14)
(iii) by an own solicitor	£19.50 per hour
(e) advising and assisting over the telephone	£15 per item £15.50 per item in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14)
(f) routine telephone calls	£1.60 per item £1.70 per item in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14)

(2) In paragraph 1(1), “legal aid area 1, 13 or 14” means the area so numbered in the Schedule to the Legal Aid Scheme 1985 (which is made under section 15 of the 1974 Act and which provides for England and Wales to be divided into areas for the purposes of the Scheme).

2.  The fee allowed under paragraph 1(1)(a) shall be reduced by the amount of any other fees allowed under that paragraph for work done as a duty solicitor during that duty period to a maximum of one half of the fee allowed under paragraph 1(1)(a).