The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1997
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989:—to allow authorised advocates and authorised litigators to claim an interim payment in respect of travelling and accommodation expenses incurred by them with the prior approval of the appropriate authority;to make a consequential amendment to the provision for allowing travelling and other expenses in the final determination of costs;to allow redeterminations and appeals where an authorised advocate has claimed a wasted preparation fee or a fee for attendance at a conference with an expert or for travelling to or from a prison for a conference with the legally assisted person;to correct the effect of two printing errors in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996.