
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 24th April 1995.
2 
In these Regulations a reference to any regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989.
3 
These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 24th April 1995 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 apply.
4 
In regulation 4(1)(b), for “paragraph 1(1)(a) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Costs Regulations” there shall be substituted “paragraph 1 (or paragraph 2 in the case of a franchisee) of Schedule 6”.
5 
Regulation 30 shall be amended as follows:—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a), the word “and” shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (1)(b), the words “and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1, Part I” shall be omitted;
(c) the following sub-paragraph shall be added after paragraph (1)(b):—“
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(c) Schedule 6 to these Regulations shall apply instead of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Costs Regulations.”;
(d) paragraph (3) shall be omitted.
6 
The Schedule to these Regulations shall be substituted for Schedule 6.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 29th March 1995We consent
Timothy Wood
Timothy Kirkhope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 30th March 1995
SCHEDULE
Regulation 6

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SCHEDULE 6
Regulation 30
1 
Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the amount to be allowed shall be assessed at the following prescribed rates:

Class of work Rate
Preparation £43.25 per hour — (£45.75 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy £54.50 per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned £29.50 per hour
Travelling and waiting £24.25 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.35 per item — (£3.50 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
2 
Subject to paragraph 4, where advice and assistance is provided by a franchisee, the following rates shall apply instead of those contained in paragraph 1:

Class of work Rate
Preparation £44.25 per hour — (£46.75 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy £55.50 per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned £30.00 per hour
Travelling and waiting £24.75 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.45 per item — (£3.60 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
3 
Subject to paragraph 4, where the claim is in respect of ABWOR to which Part III of the Act applies by virtue of regulation 9(a) or (c) of the Scope Regulations, the following rates shall apply instead of those contained in paragraph 1:

Class of work Rate
Preparation £52.00 per hour — (£55.50 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy 63.00 per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned £29.50 per hour
Travelling and waiting £24.25 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.70 per item
4 
Where the claim is in respect of ABWOR to which Part III of the Act applies by virtue of regulation 9(a) or (c) of the Scope Regulations and the work is done by a franchisee, the following rates shall apply instead of those contained in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3:

Class of work Rate
Preparation £53.00 per hour — (£56.50 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy £64.25 per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned 30.00 per hour
Travelling and waiting £24.75 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.80 per item
5 
In paragraphs 1 to 4, “legal aid area” means an area specified by the Board under regulation 4(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, and legal aid area 1 means the area so numbered by the Board.”.
