The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

2.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (advocates’ graduated fee scheme)—

(a) in the table that follows paragraph 17A(2), for “£59.01” substitute “£59.09”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (litigators’ graduated fee scheme)—

(a) for paragraph 20A(2), substitute—

“(2) In any case to which this paragraph applies, a fee (“the basic consideration fee”) is payable to a litigator in respect of the consideration of unused material whether or not such consideration has actually occurred.”;

(b) omit the table that follows paragraph 20A(2);

(c) after paragraph 20A(2), insert—

“(2A) The basic consideration fee in sub-paragraph (2) is £64.68.”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/435; amended by S.I. 2020/903; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.