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The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/1802 · Made 28 June 2000

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 28th June 2000

Laid before Parliament 10th July 2000

Coming in force 1st August 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 25(2), 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988f1, 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:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 34; sections 25(2), 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraphs 60 and 63. Section 43 is cited because of the meaning given to “regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989
  4. 4Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, any reference to a regulation by number alone is a reference to the regulation so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Regulations) 1989f1.

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

In regulation 2, after the definition of “legal executive” the following shall be inserted:

  • ““the Legal Services Commission” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999f1;”

4Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

(1)

The following words shall be inserted at the beginning of regulation 4(1): “Subject to paragraph (3),”.

(2)

The following paragraph shall be inserted after regulation 4(2):

“(3)

These Regulations shall not apply to costs in proceedings in relation to which the Legal Services Commission has granted a contract which determines costs, except to the extent that the terms of the contract provide otherwise.”.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

David Lock

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

We consent

Bob Ainsworth

David Jamieson

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

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 as to provide that they do not apply to costs in proceedings in relation to which the Legal Services Commission has granted a contract which determines costs, unless they are applied by the terms of the contract itself.