The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2005
These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989 (“the principal Regulations”) and revoke, subject to a saving provision, the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2005 and the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005. They retain the substance of the revoked regulations by providing the following:–Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is amended to provide that where more than one letter, each of which has a similar subject matter, is sent the fee prescribed in paragraph 5(b) shall apply (regulation 6); andregulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended and Schedule 2 is substituted to provide that fees of Counsel will be determined by the Scottish Legal Aid Board, or after taxation by the Auditor of Court, in accordance with Schedule 2 (regulations 5 and 7).