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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Contempt Proceedings (Renumeration) Regulations 1991 as follows:

(1)

they provide for an increase in the standard fee per day payable in respect of work done in contempt proceedings;

(2)

they provide for the payment of that standard fee to cover all work done that day (ie regardless of the number of legal representatives assigned);

(3)

they provide for an alternative basis of assessing an appropriate fee where there are exceptional circumstances.