SCHEDULE 13

Amendments to Part 2 of schedule 3 of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996
Regulation 6(3)
| | Criminal | Civil | Children
A. | Time occupied in carrying out work for the client other than work described in paragraphs B to E below— | | |
(i) | Solicitor – per quarter hour (or part thereof); | £12.55 | £13.80 | £13.80
(ii) | Solicitor’s clerk – per quarter hour (or part thereof). | £6.25 | £6.88 | £6.88
B. | For short letters of a formal nature, short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration), framing formal documents such as inventories and engrossing formal documents for signature – per sheet (or part thereof). | £2.86 | £3.14 | £3.14
C. | For letters other than B above – per page (or part thereof), framing non-formal documents other than precognitions – per sheet of 250 words (or part thereof) and lengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration). | £7.14 | £7.85 | £7.85
D. | For taking and drawing precognitions – for the first sheet of 250 words or less. | £25.05 | £27.59 | £27.59
for each subsequent sheet of 250 words. | £25.05 | £27.59 | £27.59
for each subsequent sheet of less than 250 words. | £12.55 | £13.80 | £13.80
DA. | The fee for each quarter of an hour (or part thereof) spent travelling— | | |
(a) | by a solicitor; | £6.28 | £6.91 | £6.91
(b) | by a solicitor’s clerk. | £3.13 | £3.45 | £3.45
E. | (a) | There is no fee for photocopying— | | |
(i) | where fewer than 20 sheets are copied at one time; | | |
(ii) | in relation to the first 20 sheets copied at any one time. | | |
(b) | Subject to sub-paragraph (a), the fee for all photocopying in the matter is— | | |
(i) | 5 pence for each sheet copied for up to 10,000 sheets; and | | |
(ii) | 1 penny per sheet for each sheet copied in addition to the first 10,000 sheets. | | |