Restriction on payment
55. Where a legal aid order has been made, the legally assisted person’s solicitor or counsel shall not receive or be a party to the making of any payment for work done in connection with the proceedings in respect of which the legal aid order was made except such payments as may be made–
(a)out of the legal aid fund or by the Lord Chancellor, or
(b)in respect of any expenses or fees incurred in–
(i)preparing, obtaining or considering any report, opinion or further evidence, whether provided by an expert witness or otherwise; or
(ii)bespeaking transcripts of shorthand notes or tape recordings of any proceedings, including police questioning of suspects;
where an application under regulation 54 for authority to incur such expenses or fees has been refused by the area committee.