The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2015/2049

This Statutory Instrument corrects an error in and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

2015No. 2049

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015

15thDecember2015

17thDecember2015

10thJanuary2016

The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations( 1) in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(3), 13(4) and (5), 15(1), (6), (7) and (9), 21(2) and 41(1) to (3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012( 2).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 10th January 2016.

(3) In these Regulations, "the Amending Regulations" means the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015( 3).

Amendments to the Amending Regulations: commencement and transitional provisions

2. In the following provisions of the Amending Regulations, for "11th January" substitute "1st April"-

(a) regulation 1(2)(b) (commencement);(b) regulation 2(2) (transitional provisions), and(c) the heading of Part 3 (amendments coming into force on 11th January 2016).

Amendments to Regulations 4 to 6 of the Amending Regulations

3.-(1) In regulation 4(2) of the Amending Regulations (amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013)-

(a) in the definition of "relevant contract" in sub-paragraph (a), after "whichever of the" insert "2010 Standard Crime Contract,";(b) in sub-paragraph (b)-(i) before "1.5" insert "paragraph";(ii) omit "1.1 of the Standard Terms to", and(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), before "2015 Duty Provider Crime Contract" insert ""2010 Standard Crime Contract",".

(2) In regulation 5(2) of the Amending Regulations (amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute-

"(a) in the definition of "the relevant contract", for "or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract" substitute ", the 2015 Standard Civil Contract, the 2015 Duty Provider Crime Contract or the 2015 Own Client Crime Contract", and(b) in the definition beginning "the 2010 Standard Civil Contract", for "and "the 2015 Standard Civil Contract"" substitute ", "the 2015 Standard Civil Contract", "the 2015 Duty Provider Crime Contract" and "the 2015 Own Client Crime Contract"".".

(3) In regulation 6(3)(c) of the...

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