(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2007, which imposes conditions on the funding of services as part of the Community Legal Service, by limiting the powers of the Legal Services Commission to pay remuneration under contract for the provision of funded services. Article 5 of this Order substitutes a new Schedule containing revised fees and rates payable for funded services for matters begun on or after 1st July 2008. Most of the fees and rates have been increased; the others remain the same. Article 4 excludes from the application of the Schedule certain contracts which are the subject of competitive tendering. Article 3 corrects the definition of “Unified Contract”.
An impact assessment for this instrument has been prepared and is available from Civil Legal Aid Strategy Division, Ministry of Justice, 54 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW. It is also annexed to the explanatory memorandum for this instrument, which is available at http://www.opsi.gov.uk.