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Article 199 Legal expenses: regulations for purposes of article 177(11) or 198(3)I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Lord Chancellor may by regulations—

(a)

make provision for the purposes of article 177(11);

(b)

make provision for the purposes of required conditions that make provision of the kind mentioned in article 198(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 he considers appropriate.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 199 in force at 1.1.2006, see art. 1