This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2022/848 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
Made
at 2.09 p.m. on 29th September 2022
Laid before Parliament
at 2.55 p.m. on 29th September 2022
Coming into force
at 11.00 p.m. on 29th September 2022
The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(3) and 41(1)(a) and (b), (2)(a) and (b) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force at 11.00 p.m. on 29th September 2022.
(2) In these Regulations, “the 2022 Regulations” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022(2).
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
2.—(1) Schedule 3 to the 2022 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In the table following paragraph 1 (litigators’ fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal), in the column that is headed “rate”—
(a)in the sixth row of that column (Attendance at court where more than one representative assigned, Senior Solicitor), for “£43.33” substitute “£44.33”;
(b)in the seventh row of that column (Attendance at court where more than one representative assigned, Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience), for “£35.63”, substitute “£35.68”.
(3) In the table following paragraph 2 (advocates’ fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal), in the column that is headed “Attendance at consultation, conferences and views”—
(a)for “£19.26” substitute “£38.53”;
(b)for “£16.75” substitute “£19.26”.
Gareth Johnson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
At 2.09 p.m. on 29th September 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848) (“the 2022 Regulations”). The 2022 Regulations amended the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/435) (“the Remuneration Regulations”) which make provision for the remuneration of advice, assistance and representation made available under sections 13, 15 and 16 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10).
The 2022 Regulations introduced amendments to Schedule 1 to 6 to the Remuneration Regulations to provide an increase to various fees within the Remuneration Regulations by 15%.
These Regulations amend four fees within Schedule 3 to the 2022 Regulations, which had not been increased by the correct amount.