Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991 as follows.
Proceedings under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embyrology Act 1990 (parental orders in favour of gamete donors) will be remunerated in accordance with the rates prescribed in Schedule 2 to the 1991 Regulations where the client is legally aided.
Costs in family proceedings not falling within regulation 3(2)(a) or (b) of the 1991 Regulations are to be determined in accordance with the Legal Aid in Civil Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1994.
The remuneration provisions contained in the 1991 Regulations will only apply on a legal aid determination under regulation 107A of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989.