The Legal Aid Act 1974 (Deduction from Taxed Costs) Regulations 1987

Made: 3rd December 1987

Laid before Parliament: 10th December 1987

Coming into force: 1st January 1988

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 20 of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1974[^f00001], hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid Act 1974 (Deduction from Taxed Costs) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

2

Paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1974[^f00001] shall be amended by substituting, for the percentages “90 per cent”, the percentages “95 per cent”

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern C. — Dated 3rd December 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations reduce from 10 per cent to 5 per cent the deduction which, by virtue of paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1974, is to be made from the remuneration of persons giving legal aid under Part I of that Act in connection with proceedings in the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal and the High Court.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1974 c. 4; section 20 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 4(2) and by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), section 40(1).