Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2098
The Legal Aid Act 1974 (Deduction from Taxed Costs) Regulations 1987
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1987 No. 2098
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Legal Aid Act 1974 (Deduction from Taxed Costs) Regulations 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[1], 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[1] shall be amended by substituting, for the percentages "90 per cent", the percentages "95 per cent"
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.
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Notes:[1] 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).
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