The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

Made: 20th March 1997

Laid before Parliament: 21st March 1997

Coming into force: 11th April 1997

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 25(2), 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988[^f00001], having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 11th April 1997.

Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989

2

In regulations 6(3) and 9(5)(a) of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989[^f00002], for the date “30th June 1997” there shall be substituted “30th June 1998”.

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern , C. — Dated 19th March 1997

We consent

Bowen Wells — Roger Knapman — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 20th March 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 by altering the date after which certain work may be remunerated at discretionary instead of prescribed rates from 30th June 1997 to 30th June 1998.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 34; sections 25(2), 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraphs 60 and 63. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to “regulations”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1989/343, as amended by S.I. 1990/488, 1991/529, 1992/592, 1993/934, 1994/1477, 1995/952 and 1996/644.