1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st December 1999.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 31 December 1999: see above.

2 Interpretation

2Interpretation

In these Regulations a regulation referred to by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 31 December 1999: see reg 1.

3 Amendments to the 1989 Regulations

3Amendments to the 1989 Regulations

(1)    In regulation 5(5), after “paragraph (4)(b) and (c)” there shall be inserted “but excluding any supplement allowed under paragraph (8)”.

(2)    After regulation 5(7) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph:—

“(8)    The determining officer shall allow a supplement in respect of work done under paragraph (1) on 31st December 1999 or 1st January 2000, equal to one half of the fees allowed under the Schedule.”.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 31 December 1999: see reg 1.

Signature

David Lock

Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department

Dated 8th December 1999

We consent,

Jim Dowd

David Jamieson

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Dated 9th December 1999

EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations allow a supplementary fee in respect of work done by duty solicitors or own solicitors at police stations on 31st December 1999 or 1st January 2000. The supplementary fee is equal to 50% of the basic fee, and is not taken into account in deciding whether the costs incurred are likely to exceed the limit prescribed by regulation 4(1)(a) of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 (at present £90).