C2
CAP. 91]
Legal Aid (Scale of Fees) Regulations
[1989 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
LEGAL AID (SCALE OF FEES) REGULATIONS
L.N. 187 of 1989
1.
Citation
(Cap. 91, section 28)
[23 June 1989]
These regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Scale of Fees) Regulations.
2.
Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
"fixed costs" means fixed costs prescribed by any Ordinance or rules of court as payable to a solicitor;
"rules of court" means the rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) or the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336);
"taxing master" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court acting as taxing master, or, in relation to proceedings that have been conducted in the District Court, the Registrar of the District Court acting as taxing master.
3.
Fee payable for report or opinion under section 9
The fee payable by the Director to counsel or solicitor making a report or giving an opinion under section 9 of the Ordinance shall be such sum as the Director may decide.
4.
Fees payable to counsel generally
The fees payable by the Director to counsel acting for an aided person shall be such as may be allowed on taxation or, in default of taxation, as may be fixed by the Director, not exceeding such amount as in the opinion of the Director would have been allowed if there had been taxation.
5.
Fees and costs payable to solicitor
The amount payable by the Director to a solicitor acting for an aided person shall be...