Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 565 (S.50)
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland)(Fees) Amendment Regulations 1991
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991 No. 565 (S.50)
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland)(Fees) Amendment Regulations 1991
| Laid before Parliament | 12th March 1991 |
| Coming into Force | 1st April 1991 |
The Secretary of State, in excercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland)(Fees)Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland)(Fees) Regulations 1989[2].
Amendment of principal Regulations
2. In regulation 10(3) of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted at the end the word "thereon"
3. For the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session) there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
4. In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court)- (a) for the Table (Actions: percentage reduction) set out in paragraph 2(f) there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and
(b) for the Table of Fees set out in that Schedule there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
5. In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (table of detailed fees chargeable by solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session and sheriff court)- (a) in paragraph 2.1 for "1.1" there shall be substituted "1"; and
(b) for the Table of Fees set out in that Schedule there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
6. For the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (fees for counsel for proceedings in the sheriff court) there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.
7. The amendments to the principal Regulations contained in regulations 3, 4(b), 5(b) and 6 of these Regulations shall apply only to fees for work done on or after 1st April 1991.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh
8th March 1991
Notes:[1] 1986 c. 47.
[2] S.I. 1989/1490, amended by S.I. 1990/473 and 1036.
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