The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1987

Made: 8th May 1987

Laid before Parliament: 11th May 1987

Coming into force: 1st June 1987

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 33 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st June 1987.

• (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1987[^f00002].

2

For the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (Fees of Counsel) there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

3

The amendments to the principal Regulations made by regulation 2 of these Regulations shall apply only to fees in relation to proceedings concluded on or after 1st June 1987.

SCHEDULE — TABLE OF FEES

1

Trial per day

2

Appeals, etc

3

Consultations

4

Opinion on appeal, etc.

5

Revisal of stated case

6

Drafting bill of suspension

7

Remits for sentence and pleas in mitigation

1

Trial - per day

2

Appeals, etc

3

Consultations

4

Opinion on appeal

5

Revisal of stated case

6

Revisal of bill of suspension

7

Remits for sentence and pleas in mitigation

Signed

Ian Lang — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Scottish Office — 8th May 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1987 so as to increase the fees allowable to Counsel for criminal legal aid given under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986. The increased fees will apply to proceedings concluded on or after 1st June 1987. The overall increase is around 4½%.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1986 c. 47.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1987/365.