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a) if the hearing lasts for one day only, a fee of £28
shall be paid, and,
(b) if the hearing lasts for more than one day, a
fee of £28 shall be paid for the first day and a fee of
£14 shall be paid for each day of part of a day after the
first for which the case lasts.
(7) The fees (payable under the Act) of a person,
being either a solicitor or counsel, assigned pursuant
to Certificate for Free Legal Aid on behalf of two or
more persons whose cases are being heard together,
shall be those to which the person would have been
entitled under the Act if he had been assigned pur-
suant to a certificate for free legal aid on behalf of one
person only increased by such amount (if any) as the
Court may think proper not exceeding: —
(a) in case the assignments are on behalf of two per-
sons only, 4 0% of such fees, and
(b) in case the assignments are on behalf of three or
more persons, 4 0% of such fees in respect of two of
the persons and 2 0% of such fees in respect of the
other person or each of the other persons, as the case
may be.
(8) Where one of two Counsel are assigned in re-
lation to any particular case in pursuance of a Cer-
tificate for Free Legal Aid and, in the opinion of the
Court hearing the case, it was necessary for the person
to whom the certificate was granted to obtain prelimin-
ary advice or advices from counsel in writing in relat-
ion to the case, a single fee shall be paid under the
Act in respect of the advice or advices and it shall be
of such amount, not exceeding £10.50, as the Court
hearing the case considers proper and certifies".
5. Regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations (as
amended by Regulation 5 of the 1970 Regulations) is
hereby amended by: —
(a) the substitution in paragraphs (2) and (3) for
"Is per mile" of "8p per mile", and
(b) the substitution in paragraph (4) for "one or
more of the following, that is to say an application for
a remand or in relation to bail" of "an application in
relation to bail other than an application in relation
to bail to the High Court or Supreme Court", and the
paragraphs, as so amended, are set out in the Table to
this Regulation.
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(2) (2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) of this
Regulation, the travelling expenses actually and neces-
sarily incurred by a solicitor in attending sittings of
the Circuit or District Court on any day in any place
(other than the County or County Borough of Dublin)
in connection with a case in relation to which he has
been assigned to a Certificate for Free Legal Aid shall be
payable under the Act as follows: —
(a) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey
in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of
8p per mile of the journey shall be paid, and
(b) in any other case, a sum equal to the lesser of the
following shall be paid, namely:
(i) the actual cost of the journey,
(ii) the cost of the journey by public transport and
(to the extent (if any) that public transport is not
available) hired car, or if no public transport is avail-
able for the journey, hired car.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) of this Regul-
ation, the travelling and subsistence expenses actually
and necessarily incurred by a solicitor practising else-
where than in the County or County Borough of Dub-
lin in attending sittings of a court (other than the Cir-
cuit or District Court) in connection with a case in
relation to which he has been assigned pursuant to a
Certificate for Free Legal Aid and travelling and subsis-
tence expenses actually and necessarily incurred by a
solicitor in travelling to and from any place visited for
the purpose of the case shall be payable under the Act
•as follows: —
(a) in the case of travelling expenses: —
(i) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey
in his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of
8p per mile of the journey shall be paid, and
(ii) in any other case, a sum equal to the lesser of
the following shall 'be paid: —
(i) the actual cost of the journey,
(ii) the cost of the journey by public transport and
(to the extent (if any) that public transport is not avail-
able) hired car, or if no public transport is available
for the journey, hired car, and
(b) in the case of subsistence allowance, on a scale
corresponding to the scale for the time being at which
the subsistence expenses of civil servants of the highest
grade are paid.
(4) No travelling or subsistence expenses shall be
paid under the Act to a solicitor assigned in relation
to any particular case in pursuance of a Certificate for
Free Legal Aid in respect of any day on which the hear-
ing of the case consists only of an application in re-
lation to Bail other than an application in relation to
bail to the High Court or Supreme Court.
6. Regulation 3 of the 1970 Regulations is hereby
amended by the substitution of "£3.50" for "£2.2.0d'\
and the said Regulation, as so amended, is set out i"
the Table to this Regulation.
TABLE
3. Where, in connection with a case which involves
a charge of murder, manslaughter or dangerous driv-
ing of a vehicle causing death or serious bodily harm
to another person and in relation to which a solicitor
and one or two counsel are assigned in pursuance of a
Certificate for Free Legal Aid, a Consultation or consul-
tations is or are held, a single fee of £3.15 shall b®
paid under the Act to the counsel or each of the coun-
sel, as the case may be, involved and a single fee of
£3.50 shall be paid to the solicitor involved.
7. Where, in connection with a case or cases in re-
lation to which a solicitor has been assigned pursuant
to a Certificate or Certificates for Free Legal Aid, it i
s
essential for a solicitor to visit a prison or other cus-
todian centre (other than a Garda Station) there shall
be paid under the Act a fee of £9 in respect of each
such visit together with travelling expenses actually
and necessarily incurred as follows: —
(a) in case the solicitor makes the whole journey
his own motor-car, a sum calculated at the rate of 8p
per mile of the journey, and
(b) in any other case, a sum equal to whichever or
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