LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 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:– 1 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. 6 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 PREPARATION 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”. 7 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:– 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 8 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 1991 We consent, Sydney Chapman Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1991