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The Legal Aid Act 1974 (Deduction from Taxed Costs) Regulations 1987

S.I. 1987/2098 · Made 3 December 1987

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 3rd December 1987

Laid before Parliament 10th December 1987

Coming into force 1st January 1988

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 20 of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1974f1, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1974 c. 4; section 20 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 4(2) and by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), section 40(1).

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid Act 1974 (Deduction from Taxed Costs) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

2

Paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1974f1 shall be amended by substituting, for the percentages “90 per cent”, the percentages “95 per cent”

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern C.

Dated 3rd December 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations reduce from 10 per cent to 5 per cent the deduction which, by virtue of paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1974, is to be made from the remuneration of persons giving legal aid under Part I of that Act in connection with proceedings in the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal and the High Court.