# The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which amend the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991, introduce new rates of remuneration for representation in prescribed family proceedings. The rates will apply to representation which is still being provided by suppliers with a family contract with the Legal Services Commission, under Part IV of the Legal Aid Act 1988 and to representation in family proceedings provided under contract as part of the Community Legal Service, under Part I of the Access to Justice Act 1999.
The revised rates apply in both county courts and magistrates’ courts, so that the rates of remuneration in these courts are now the same.
An impact assessment has been prepared and was included in the full Regulatory Impact Assessment which accompanied the document ‘Legal Aid Reform: the Way Ahead’. A copy is available from Civil Legal Aid Strategy Division, Department for Constitutional Affairs, 54 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QW and can also be found at http://www.dca.gov.uk/laid/legaid/ria-legal-aid-reform.pdf.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/742/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-family-proceedings-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2007/note
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