Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st May 2025.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

2.—(1) Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013(2) (civil standard fees) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) Omit paragraph 2A.

(3) In Table 1, after “Welfare Benefits”—

(a)in the second column for “£150” substitute “£208”, and

(b)in the third column for “£450” substitute “£624”.

(4) Omit Table 7 (standard fee).

Saving provision in relation to regulation 2(2) and (4)

3.—(1) The amendments made by regulation 2(2) and (4) do not affect the payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to providers of civil legal services in relation to a case where the application for civil legal services was made before 1st May 2025.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation an application is made on the date on which it is signed.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/422) (“the Remuneration Regulations”). The Remuneration Regulations make provision about payment by the Lord Chancellor to providers of legal services under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c.10).

Regulation 2 of these Regulations removes paragraph 2A, amends Table 1 and removes Table 7 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Remuneration Regulations. The effect of this on the remuneration of civil legal services for welfare benefits is that, for Controlled Work (legal help and help at court), the applicable standard fee is £208 and provision is made for an escape fee threshold of £624. Regulation 3 provides that these changes do not apply to a case where the application for civil legal services is signed on a date before these Regulations come into force.

An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is included in the assessment published with the explanatory memorandum alongside this instrument (on www.legislation.gov.uk).