# The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/754 · made 11 March 1997

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 so that all committal proceedings governed by the new procedure provided by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 fall within Category 3 for the purposes of solicitors' standard fees in the magistrates' courts.

Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 25, Section 34, Section 43)

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 11th March 1997
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1997
Coming into force 1st April 1997
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 25(2), 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

## 2 Transitional provisions

These Regulations apply to work done in committal proceedings to which Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 applies, and the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 shall apply to work done in all other committal proceedings as if these Regulations had not come into force.

## 3 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

In the Table following paragraph 2(2) of Part III of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989, there shall be omitted—
(a) in item 3.1, the words “under section 6(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980”;
(b) the whole of item 3.2.

## Signature

MacKay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 10th March 1997
We consent
Patrick McLoughlin
Roger Knapman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 11th March 1997

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 so that all committal proceedings governed by the new procedure provided by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 fall within Category 3 for the purposes of solicitors' standard fees in the magistrates' courts.

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