(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 5th June 1987.
(2)In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1987().
After regulation 8 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following Regulations–“8A Where a solicitor acts for a client in an area in which that solicitor has not a place of business he shall be entitled, when acting for that client in that area, to receive only such fees and outlays as would be payable if he had a place of business in that area.8B 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, accounts prepared in respect of fees and outlays allowable to solicitors shall be submitted to the Board not later than 6 months after the date of completion of the proceedings in respect of which that legal aid was granted.2 The Board may accept accounts submitted in respect of fees and outlays later than the 6 months referred to in paragraph (1) if they consider that there is a special reason for late submission.”
For the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Fees of Solicitors for Proceedings in the Court of Session) there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
For the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (Fees of Solicitors for Proceedings in the Sheriff Court) there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
The amendments to the principal Regulations contained in regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations shall apply only to fees for work done on or after 5th June 1987.