The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 so as to:provide that the registrar of the Court of Appeal shall be the appropriate authority to determine costs in respect of advice and assistance on an appeal from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords, in cases where a petition of appeal is not lodged with the House of Lords;remove the provision whereby certain work, carried out after 30th June 1999, may be remunerated at discretionary instead of prescribed rates;provide for the payment of a basic fee of £30 for a paper plea and directions, which is deductible from the fee for any subsequent pleas and directions hearing.