
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
2 
In these Regulations a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means a regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989.
3 
In regulations 6(3) and 9(5)(a) for the date “30th June 1991” there shall be substituted “30th June 1992”.
4 
In regulation 17–
(a) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following new paragraph:–“
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the time limit within which any act is required or authorised to be done may, for good reason, be extended;–
(a) in the case of acts required or authorised to be done under regulation 15 or 16 by a taxing master or the High Court as the case may be;
(b) in the case of acts required or authorised to be done by a solicitor or counsel under any other regulation, the appropriate authority.”;
(b) in paragraph (2) and the first place where it occurs in paragraph (3) for the words “the Chief Taxing Master” there shall be substituted “a taxing master”.
5 
In Part I of Schedule 1–
(a) for paragraph 1(1) there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the following new sub-paragraph:–“
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(1) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the appropriate authority shall allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 6 at the following basic rates:

(a) Magistrates' court criminal proceedings
Class of work Rate
Preparation £42 per hour — (£44.50 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy £53 per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned £28.50 per hour
Travelling and waiting £23.50 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £ 3.25 per item — (£ 3.40 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)

(b) Magistrates' court care proceedings
Class of work Rate
Preparation £50.50 per hour — (£54 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy £61 per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned £32 per hour
Travelling and waiting £28.50 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £ 3.60 per item

(c) Crown Court criminal and Court of Appeal
Class of work Grade of fee-earner Rate
Preparation Senior solicitor £50 per hour— (£52 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
 Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience £42.25 per hour— (£44.50 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
 Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience £28 per hour (£32 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy Senior Solicitor £61 per hour
 Solicitor £53 per hour
Attendance at Court where counsel assigned Senior solicitor £40 per hour
 Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience £32 per hour
 Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience £19.50 per hour
Travelling and waiting Senior solicitor £23.50 per hour
 Solicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience £23.50 per hour
 Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience £11.75 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.25 per item (£3.40 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)”;
(b) in paragraph 1(2) the words “,13 or 14” shall be omitted.
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In Part II of Schedule 1–
(a) in paragraph 4(2)(b) after the word “advocacy” there shall be inserted the words “(including waiting)”;
(b) for the table in paragraph 4(3) there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the following table:–“

TABLE
Type of proceedings Lower Standard fee Lower fee limit Principal standard fee Upper fee limit
Jury trials (including any case prepared for trial in which no jury was sworn) £122 £168 £235 £293
London rate £130 £175 £246 £307
Guilty pleas £77 £103 £165 £212
London rate £82 £107 £172 £222
Appeals against conviction £48.25 £64 £144.50 £218
London rate £51 £66 £150 £229
Appeals against sentence £34.25 £49 £88 £123
London rate £37 £51 £92 £127
Committals for sentence £40 £48 £92 £133
London rate £42 £50 £97 £137
ADVOCACY IN RESPECT OF BAIL APPLICATIONS £24.50
London rate £27
ATTENDANCE AT COURT (INCLUDING WAITING) WHERE COUNSEL ASSIGNED £20.25 per hour
TRAVELLING £17.50 per hour”
(c) in paragraph 4(4) the words “, 13 or 14” shall be omitted;
(d) in paragraph 4(10) the words “,13 or 14” shall be omitted and for the figures “£26.25” and “£28” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the figures “£28” and “£30”;
(e) in paragraph 4(11) for the figure “£9.40” there shall be substituted in respect of work done on or after 1st April the figure “£10.15”.
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In Part I of Schedule 2–
(a) in paragraph 9 for the figure “£17” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the figure “£18”;
(b) in paragraph 10 for the figure “£9.40” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991 the figure “£10.15”;
(c) for the Table there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991, the following Table:–“

Type of proceedings Standard basic fee
Jury trials (including any case prepared for trial in which no jury is sworn) £206
Guilty pleas £109
Appeals against conviction £109
Appeals against sentence £ 68
Committals for sentence £ 68
Standard appearance fee £ 43
Standard refresher fee

(1) Half day £ 76

(2) Full day £146

(3) More than a full day £221
Standard written work fee £ 28”
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In Part II of Schedule 2–
(a) In table 1 for the figures “£26”, “£13”, “£30” and “£15” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991 the figures “£28”, “£14”, “£32” and “£16” respectively.
(b) In table 2 for the figures “£50”, “£25”, “£57”, and “£29” there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1991 the figures “£53”, “£27”, “£61” and “£31” respectively.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 6th March 1991We consent,
Sydney Chapman
Irvine Patnick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 7th March 1991