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5. After regulation 4(5) insert—
“(5A) Where—
(a)a solicitor provides relevant ABWOR to an assisted person when, in the same court on the same day, that person is first brought before a court to answer to two or more summary complaints which are not to be treated as a single matter by virtue of paragraph (3); and
(b)a guilty plea is tendered to the charge libelled in each complaint at the first diet at which the assisted person is called upon to plead to the charge,
the amount payable under paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1B is 100% of the prescribed amount in respect of the first complaint, 40% of that amount in respect of the second complaint and 20% in respect of any other complaints.
(5B) The amount payable under (as the case may be) paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 or paragraph 1 of Schedule 1A is half the amount that would otherwise be payable if the assisted person—
(a)was represented by a solicitor arranged by the Board to provide criminal legal aid pursuant to regulation 7(1) of the Criminal Legal Assistance (Duty Solicitors) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 at the first diet at which the assisted person was called upon to plead;
(b)tendered a plea of not guilty at that diet; and
(c)before the commencement of the trial tendered a plea of guilty.”.
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