Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1997
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1997/689 |
| Year | 1997 |
1997 No. 689 (S.49)
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1997
Made 7th March 1997
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1997
Coming into force 1st April 1997
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 33(2)(a) and (3)(b) and (f) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 19861, 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 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 19892.
Application
2. These Regulations shall apply only to fees for work done on or after 1st April 1997.
Amendment of the principal Regulations
3. For paragraph 14 of Part V of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the Court of Session)3there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–
“14. |
Copying fees Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of Note: a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers. |
£0.08”. |
4.—(1) For paragraph 16 of Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court) in relation to any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced before 1st January 19944there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–
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“16. Copying fees Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of Note: a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers. |
£0.08”. |
(2) For paragraph 22 of Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (fees of solicitors for proceedings in the sheriff court) in relation to any case where the cause or action in respect of which legal aid is made available was commenced on or after 1st January 19945there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–
“22. |
Copying fees Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), for each sheet copied a fee of Note: a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers. |
£0.08”. |
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