The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015
This instrument amends the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1369) (“the Amending Regulations”). That instrument amends the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/435) (“the Criminal Remuneration Regulations”), which make provision for the remuneration of advice, assistance and representation made available under sections 13, 15 and 16 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the Act”). The Amending Regulations amend the fees payable under the Criminal Remuneration Regulations in two respects: reducing fees under existing fee schemes (Part 2 of the Amending Regulations) and introducing new fixed fee schemes (Part 3 of the Amending Regulations). Part 2 of the Amending Regulations came into force on 1st July 2015.