Regulation 12 Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

in paragraph (1) for the word “such” there shall be substituted “prior”;

for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted:—

“(3)

Where the Area Director gives prior authority for the taking of any step referred to in paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c) or (e), he shall specify

(a)

the number of reports or opinions that may be obtained or the number of persons who may be authorised to give expert evidence, and

(b)

the maximum fee to be paid for each report, opinion, transcript or to each person for tendering evidence, as the case may be.”.