§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make regulations under Section 17 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 to govern the rates of scales of payments to be made out of central funds in legally aided criminal cases.
§ Mr. JohnThis power has been used to prescribe witnesses' allowances. Payments in legally aided cases are governed by regulations made under the Legal Aid Act 1974, and not under the 1973 Act.