The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

Transitional provision

4.—(1) In this regulation—

"the online procedure fees” means the fees in the final column of Table 4(a) (Stage 2c–online procedure (controlled legal representation)) and, where relevant, the fees in Table 4(c) (Additional Payments for Advocacy Services) in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013, as they had effect immediately before the relevant date;

“relevant date” means the date on which these Regulations came into force.

(2) Paragraph (3) applies to remuneration for—

(a) civil legal services provided before the relevant date and to which the online procedure fees were applicable;

(b) civil legal services—

(i) the provision of which began before, but continues on or after, the relevant date, and

(ii) to which the online procedure fees would have applied on or after that date had the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 not been revoked by these Regulations.

(3) Remuneration for civil legal services to which this paragraph applies must be paid to the provider of those services either—

(a) in accordance with the online procedure fees, or

(b) if the provider does not wish to be paid in accordance with those fees, in accordance with Table 4(ca) and Table 8(ca) in Schedule 1 to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013, as inserted by these Regulations.