# The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend, in relation to family proceedings, the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/422) which make provision about payment by the Lord Chancellor to providers of civil legal services under arrangements made for the purpose of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10).
Regulation 2(2) makes a minor amendment to the definition of “advocates’ meeting” to reflect updated Practice Direction 12A (Care, Supervision and other Part 4 Proceedings: Guide to Case Management) supporting the Family Procedure Rules 2010, which came into effect on 22 April 2014.
Under the current Legal Aid Family Advocacy Scheme, a bolt-on fee is payable to an advocate where the court bundle for a hearing exceeds a certain size. Practice Direction (PD) 27A - Family Proceedings: Court Bundles (universal practice to be applied in the High Court and Family Court) supporting the Family Procedure Rules 2010, introduces a cap on the size of court bundles, meaning that fewer cases would be eligible for the current bundle bolt-on fee. Regulation 2(3) and (4) makes amendments to the Legal Aid Family Advocacy Scheme which are consequential to the changes to PD 27A, introducing the concept of an “advocate’s bundle” and providing for bolt-on fees to be based on the size of the advocate’s bundle instead of the court bundle.
Regulation 3 makes transitional provision providing that the amendments made by regulation 2(3) and (4) only apply to determination of claims which take place on or after 31 July 2014.
A full impact assessment of the policy was produced with the Government’s consultation response, Court bundles – Changes to the family legal aid remuneration schemes and is available at https://consult.justice.gov.uk/.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1389/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-no-4-regulations-2014/note
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