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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-and-criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations (S.I. 2013/422) (“the Civil Regulations”) make provision about the payment by the Lord Chancellor to persons who provide civil legal services under arrangements made under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the Act”). The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations (S.I. 2013/435) (“the Criminal Regulations”) make provision for the funding and payment of advice, assistance and representation in relation to criminal proceedings under the Act. These Regulations make amendments to the Civil Regulations and the Criminal Regulations which are consequential to changes made by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) (“the 2014 Act”).\nRegulation 2 amends table 1 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Regulations to provide a fixed fee for payment of certain civil legal services provided in relation to injunctions under Part 1 of the 2014 Act and related parenting orders. It also amends the headings of tables 10(a) and 10(b) of Schedule 2 to the Civil Regulations to apply the rates in table 10(a) to representation in connection with injunctions under Part 1 of the 2014 Act and related parenting orders.\nRegulation 3 amends the scope of the Criminal Regulations to encompass proceedings in the County Court (which is relevant for contempt proceedings including breach of an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act, among others, which are within scope of criminal legal aid) and makes amendments to the table of offences in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Regulations to update that table in respect of offences introduced or amended by the 2014 Act.\nRegulation 3 also amends Schedule 4 to do two things. Firstly, it provides for payment for representation relating to breach of injunctions under Part 1 of the 2014 Act, including related parenting orders. Secondly, regulation 3(6)(c) provides for representation in relevant proceedings relating to low-level shoplifting (as defined in section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 (c. 43)) to be paid the Category 1A fee (as set out in the table following paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Regulations) instead of the lower Category 1B fee. Relevant proceedings are those which result in a guilty plea, are withdrawn or discontinued, where the prosecution offer no evidence or which result in a bind over.\nRegulation 4(1) provides that the amendments to the table of offences in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Regulations (made by regulation 3(3)) do not apply in relation to proceedings for a breach of an anti-social behaviour order under section 1(10) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) or a breach of a sex offender order under section 2(8) of that Act. Regulation 4(3) provides that the amendments made by regulation 3(6)(c) apply to the determination of claims for fees on or after 23rd March 2015.\nThe 2010 Standard Crime Contract is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2010. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.\nA full impact assessment of the effect on the costs of business and the voluntary sector of the policy implemented by this instrument in relation to injunctions under Part 1 of the 2014 Act was produced with the Government’s response to consultation, Anti-Social Behaviour Crime & Policing Act 2014: Changes to remuneration for legal aid services, and is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-remuneration-for-legal-aid-services . A full impact assessment of the policy implemented by Regulation 3(6)(c) (relating to low-value shoplifting) has not been produced for this instrument, as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
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