LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 , and a reference to the Schedule means the Schedule to those Regulations. Transitional provisions 3 These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 2nd April 2001 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 apply. Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 4 In regulation 5:— a in paragraph (5), the words “but excluding any supplement allowed under paragraph (8)” shall be omitted; b paragraph (8) shall be omitted. 5 1 The Schedule shall be amended as follows. 2 Throughout the Schedule, for “Board” there shall be substituted “Commission”. 3 In paragraph 1(1), a for “2 and 3” there shall be substituted “2 to 4”; b for “within legal aid area 1”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted “in the Legal Services Commission’s London Region”. 4 Paragraph 1(2) shall be omitted. 5 At the beginning of paragraph 3 there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph 4,”. 6 After paragraph 3 there shall be inserted the following:— 4 In the case of a person who is a party to a general criminal contract, the Commission shall allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 5 at the following rates: Class of work Rate a availability during duty period £4.20 per hour—served, to a maximum of £100.80 (£4.25 per hour served to a maximum of £102.00 in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated in the Legal Services Commission’s London Region) b advice and assistance to a person arrested and held in custody, or being interviewed in connection with a serious service offence or to a volunteer, given i by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours £67.93 per hour ii by a duty solicitor in all other hours £51.15 per hour (£55.28 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated in the Legal Services Commission’s London Region) iii by an own solicitor £51.15 per hour (£55.28 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated in the Legal Services Commission’s London Region) c travelling and waiting i by a duty solicitor in unsocial hours £67.93 per hour ii by a duty solicitor in all other hours £51.15 per hour (£55.28 per hour in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated in the Legal Services Commission’s London Region) iii by an own solicitor £28.33 per hour d advising and assisting over the telephone £23.38 per item (£24.20 per item in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated in the Legal Services Commission’s London Region) e routine telephone calls £3.96 per item (£4.13 per item in respect of a solicitor whose office is situated in the Legal Services Commission’s London Region) 5 In this Schedule, “general criminal contract” means a contract with the Legal Services Commission in the form of the Commission’s General Criminal Contract for the time being, and any reference to a party to a general criminal contract includes every person authorised to do work under the contract. . Signed Willy Bach Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 25th March 2001 We consent Greg Pope Clive Betts Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 27th March 2001