Regulation 3
Regulation 4
| Where professional services are provided in relation to proceedings in the District Court (other than where proceedings are set down to proceed before a Stipendiary Magistrate) | Where professional services are provided in relation to proceedings in the Sheriff Court (other than proceedings in a Court specified in Schedule 2) or the District Court (where proceedings are set down to proceed before a Stipendiary Magistrate) | Where professional services are provided in relation to proceedings in the Sheriff Court and those proceedings are brought in a Court specified in Schedule 2 | |
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1. All work up to and including: (i)any diet at which a plea of guilty is made and accepted or plea in mitigation is made; (ii)the first 30 minutes of conducting a proof in mitigation, or a proof of a victim statement, other than in the circumstances where paragraph 2 below applies; and (iii)the first 30 minutes of conducting any trial together with any subsequent or additional work other than that specified in paragraphs 2–12 below. | £300 (where criminal legal aid has been made available in the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 10 or 11 below £275) | £500 (where criminal legal aid has been made available in the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 10 or 11 below £475) | £550 (where criminal legal aid has been made available in the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 10 or 11 below £525) |
2. All work done in connection with a grant of legal aid under section 23(1)(b) of the Act including the first 30 minutes of conducting a proof in mitigation, or a proof of a victim statement. | £25 | £50 | £50 |
3. Conducting a trial or proof in mitigation for the first day (after the first 30 minutes). | £50 | £100 | £100 |
4. Conducting a trial or proof in mitigation for the second day. | £50 | £200 | £200 |
5. Conducting a trial or proof in mitigation for the third and subsequent days (per day). | £100 | £400 | £400 |
6. Representation in court at a continued diet following a victim statement having been laid before the court where the court determines sentence or fixes a proof of a victim statement, or adjourns such a proof without hearing evidence. | – | £50 | – |
7. Conducting a proof of a victim statement where there has been no trial or proof in mitigation for the first day (after the first 30 minutes), and thereafter for subsequent days (per day). | – | £200 | – |
8. Conducting a proof of a victim statement at a continued diet following a concluded trial or proof in mitigation (per day). | – | £200 | – |
9. Representation in court at a diet of deferred sentence or per appearance in a court which has been designated as a youth court by the sheriff principal, at a hearing in respect of a community supervision order. | £25 | £50 | £50 |
10. All work done where the accused is in custody and has tendered a plea of not guilty until determination of the application for legal aid. | £25 | £25 | £25 |
11. All work done by virtue of section 24(7) of the Act until determination of the application for legal aid. | £25 | £25 | £25 |
12. All work done in connection with a bail appeal under section 32 of the 1995 Act, or an appeal under section 201(4) of the 1995 Act. | £50 | £50 | £50”. |