Fees for consideration of unused material
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court officer must consider reasonableness of hours for additional fee claims Crown / Minister / Government department
UK Statutory Instrument
2013
United Kingdom
The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013
At a glance
What's here
17 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 9
- Contractor 1
Plus 7 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Identity of instructed advocate
- Notify the court of your appointment as instructed advocate and keep the court updated Any Person
Payment of fees to instructed advocate
- Leading and led trial advocates must pay instructed advocates promptly Any Person
Additional charges and additional cases
- Trial advocates: select principal offence or case for grouped hearings Contractor
Bands of Offences
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court officer must decide on advocate re-banding requests Crown / Minister / Government department
Fees for special preparation
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate officer must consider all relevant circumstances when determining special preparation fee claims Crown / Minister / Government department
Fees for consideration of unused material
- Claim basic fee for reviewing unused material in Crown Court cases Any Person
Class of Offences
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate officer must decide on reclassification of offence and notify litigator Crown / Minister / Government department
Claims for fees by advocates
- Submit your Court of Appeal fee claim within 3 months Any Person
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Interpretation
Fixed fee for guilty pleas or cracked trials
General provisions
Fees for ...standard appearances
Fees for abuse of process, disclosure, admissibility and withdrawal of plea hearings
Fee for video recorded cross-examination or re-examination
Fees for confiscation hearings
Fees for sentencing hearings
Fees for ineffective trials
Fees for special preparation
Fees for wasted preparation
Additional preparation fee
Fees for conferences and views
Fees for further case management hearings and plea and trial preparation hearings
Application
Fees for appeals, committals for sentence and breach hearings
Fees for contempt proceedings
Discontinuance or dismissal of ... proceedings
Noting brief fees
Fixed fees
Warrant for arrest
Multiple advocates
Non-local appearances
Trials lasting over 40 days
Assisted person unfit to plead or stand trial
Cross examination of witness
Provision of written or oral advice
Mitigation of sentence
Calculation of Graduated Fees
Basic fees
Daily attendance fees
Scope of Part 3
Calculation of fees in guilty pleas and cracked trials
Basic fees for guilty pleas and cracked trials
Scope of Part 4
Interpretation
Scope of Part 3
Fixed fee for guilty pleas or cracked trials
Defendant uplifts
Retrials and Transfers
General provisions
Fees for appeals and committals for sentence hearings
Fees for hearing subsequent to sentence
Fees for contempt proceedings
Fees for alleged breaches of a Crown Court order
Fixed Fees
Application
Discontinuance or dismissal of ... proceedings
Defendant uplifts
Warrant for arrest
Additional charges
Assisted person unfit to plead or stand trial
Fees for confiscation proceedings
Prescribed fee rates
Allowing fees at less than the prescribed rates
Allowing fees at more than the prescribed rates
Scope
Pages of Prosecution Evidence
Cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-off
Trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-off
Cracked trials and guilty pleas where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off
Trials where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off
General Provisions
Payment of fees
Redeterminations and appeals
Claims for fees and disbursements by litigators
Determination of litigators' fees
Determination of litigators' disbursements
Determination of advocates' fees
Litigators' fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal
Allowance of litigators' fees at more than the prescribed rate
Advocates' fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal
Interpretation of this Schedule
Representation in the Crown Court on an appeal from a magistrates' court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act
Advice and Assistance provided pursuant to a determination made under section 15 of the Act in Prison Law cases
Payment for Assigned Counsel
Allowing fees at less than the prescribed rates
Allowing fees at more than the prescribed rates
Work conducted at the Police station: Police Station advice and assistance.
Police station attendance: travel fee for the purposes of attendance at a Destination Police Station
Work conducted outside the Police Station
Advice and Assistance for Pre-Charge Engagement
Advice and Assistance and Advocacy Assistance by a court Duty Solicitor and Advocacy Assistance at the virtual court
Representation in the Magistrates' Court
Representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act or related parenting order in any court
Representation in the youth court
Own client work
Representation in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act
Advice and Assistance on an appeal against conviction or sentence or an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Representation on an appeal by way of case stated
Interpretation
Application
Part 3 of this Schedule applies to work done in...
Part 4 of this Schedule applies to work done in...
Claims for fees by advocates – Crown Court
- Submit fee claims within 3 months of proceedings conclusion Any Person
Claims for fees and disbursements by litigators – Crown Court
- Submit properly documented claims for fees and disbursements on time Any Person
Notification of Very High Cost Cases
- Notify Lord Chancellor of Very High Cost Cases promptly Any Person
Interim payment of litigators’ fees
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Submit interim fee claims to the appropriate officer at specific Crown Court stages Crown / Minister / Government department
Computation of final claim where an interim payment has been made
- Submit final claim after receiving interim payments Any Person
Payment of fees to advocates – Crown Court
- Repay overpaid Crown Court legal aid fees if reduced on redetermination or appeal Any Person
Payment of fees to litigators – Crown Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court officer must authorise payment of litigator fees in Crown Court cases Crown / Minister / Government department
Redetermination of fees by appropriate officer
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate officer must redetermine fees on application within 21 days Crown / Minister / Government department
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Scope
Proceedings in the Court of Appeal
Proceedings in the Supreme Court
Claims for fees for certain categories of work to which the Standard Crime Contract applies
Payments from other sources
Cases ...sent for trial to the Crown Court
Proceedings for contempt
Fees in Very High Cost Cases
Authorisation of expenditure
Interim payment of disbursements
Interim disbursements and final determination of fees
Expert services
Determination of litigators' disbursements
Interim payments in cases awaiting determination of fees
Amount of interim payments in cases awaiting determination of fees
Staged payments in long Crown Court proceedings
Hardship payments
Recovery of overpayments
Adverse observations
Wasted costs orders
Appeals to a Costs Judge
Appeals to the High Court
Time limits
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