PART 2Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

Amendment of Schedule 1 (advocates’ graduated fee scheme)22

In paragraph 20 (fees for appeals, committals for sentence and breach hearings)—

a

in sub-paragraph (1), for “(4) and (5)” substitute “(4) to (7)”;

b

after sub-paragraph (5), insert—

6

Sub-paragraph (7) applies where the hearing—

a

is an appeal from a magistrates’ court;

b

is heard in the Crown Court; and

c

lasts for more than one day.

7

Where this sub-paragraph applies, the fee payable to the advocate—

a

for the first day of the hearing, is the basic fee for band 17.1, set out in the table following paragraph 5, for the category of the advocate concerned;

b

for the second day, and any subsequent days, of the hearing, is the daily attendance fee for band 17.1, set out in the table following paragraph 5A, for the category of the advocate concerned.