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Article 141NB Legal expenses: regulations for purposes of article 141G(4A)F1F2

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision for the purposes of required conditions that make provision of the kind mentioned in article 141NA(3)(b) or (c).

(2)

Regulations under this article may (in particular)—

(a)

limit the amount of remuneration allowable to representatives for a unit of time worked;

(b)

limit the total amount of remuneration allowable to representatives for work done in connection with proceedings or a step in proceedings;

(c)

limit the amount allowable in respect of an item of expense incurred by a representative or incurred, otherwise than in respect of the remuneration of a representative, by a party to proceedings.

(3)

Before making regulations under this article, the Lord Chancellor must consult such persons as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pts. 4A, 4B inserted (11.11.2013) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2604), arts. 1(1), 3

F2

Arts. 141NA, 141NB inserted (E.W.S.) (30.11.2015) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1750), arts. 1(2), 34