The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022
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2022 No. 116
Legal Aid And Advice
The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022
Made 24th March 2022
Coming into force 1st April 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(2)(e) and 33(2), (3)(b) and (f) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 19861and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 37(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1 April 2022.
Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989
2. In regulation 6 (duty solicitors’ fees) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 19892—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “£140” substitute “£165”,
(b) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£93” substitute “£115”, and
(c) in paragraph (2), for “£150” substitute “£250”.
Amendments to the Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Regulations 1993
3. In regulation 3 (financial limit) of the Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Regulations 19933—
(a) in paragraph (b)(i), for “£95” substitute “£120”,
(b) in paragraph (b)(ii), for “£35” substitute “£45”,
(c) in paragraph (c)(i) and (ii), for “£90” substitute “£105”,
(d) in paragraph (c)(iii), for “£35” substitute “£45”,
(e) in paragraph (c)(iv), for “£550” substitute “£705”,
(f) in paragraph (c)(v), for “£185” substitute “£330”,
(g) in paragraph (c)(vi), for “£90” substitute “£195”,
(h) in paragraph (c)(vii), for “£90” substitute “£195”,
(i) in paragraph (c)(viii), for “£165” substitute “£265”,
(j) in paragraph (c)(ix), for “£165” substitute “£185”, and
(k) in paragraph (c)(xii), (xiii) and (xiv), for “£200” substitute “£350”.
ASH REGAN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
24th March 2022
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend two sets of Regulations made under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (“the 1986 Act”).
Regulation 2 amends the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees)...
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