Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for the remuneration of work done under a legal assistance order in respect of cases which are before the Pensions Regulator Tribunal established under section 102 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35).
The Regulations include provisions dealing with—
disbursements (regulations 4 to 7);
interim payments and staged payments in long cases (regulations 8 and 9);
hardship payments (regulation 10);
how claims are to be made, determined and paid (regulations 11 to 18); and
the redetermination of costs by an appropriate officer, appeals from the appropriate officer to a costs judge, and appeals from the costs judge to the High Court (regulations 19 to 21).
Schedule 1 details the rates in respect of solicitors' fees which are to be paid under the Regulations, and Schedule 2 details those for advocates.