Regulation 6 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

The following shall be inserted at the beginning of regulation 105(3A):

• “Subject to paragraph (10),”.

Regulation 105(9) shall be deleted.

For regulation 105(10) there shall be substituted:

“(10)

Where a solicitor or counsel has failed to comply with the time limit in paragraph (3A), the costs shall be assessed and the Area Director shall consider what, if any, reduction is reasonable and proportionate in all the circumstances; provided that costs shall not be reduced unless the solicitor or counsel has been allowed a reasonable opportunity to show cause in writing why the costs should not be reduced.”.

In regulation 105(11), “(9) or” shall be deleted.