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      SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

      2002 No. 246

      LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

      The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2002

        Made 21st May 2002 
        Laid before the Scottish Parliament 23rd May 2002 
        Coming into force 17th June 2002 

      The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(2)(a) and (3)(b) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

      Citation and commencement
           1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 17th June 2002.

      Application
                 2. These Regulations shall apply only to outlays incurred on or after 17th June 2002.

      Amendment of the principal Regulations
                 3. In regulation 8(1)(b) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989[2] (outlays allowable to solicitors), after "exceed" there is inserted "such sums as are considered by the Board to be reasonable having regard to".


      JAMES WALLACE
      A member of the Scottish Executive

      St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
      21st May 2002

      EXPLANATORY NOTE

      (This note is not part of the Regulations)

      These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989 so that the outlays which may be paid to a solicitor by the Scottish Legal Aid Board ("the Board") in respect of fees paid to witnesses (who are not Crown witnesses) shall not be restricted to the amount payable by the Crown for witnesses of the same category. Instead, the Board shall pay such fees as it considers to be reasonable, having regard to the amount payable to Crown witnesses (regulation 3).

       [1] 1986 c.47. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

      [2] S.I. 1989/1491, amended by S.I. 1990/474 and 1035, 1991/566, 1992/374, 1994/1019, 1997/719, 1999/491 and 1999/1042.back


      ISBN 0 11061429 1


 



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