These Regulations revoke the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/366) (the “Amendment Regulations”) and amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/435) (the “Remuneration Regulations”) in order to correct an error in the Amendment Regulations.

Regulation 2 revokes the Amendment Regulations and omits the amendments made by regulation 2 of the Amendment Regulations.

Regulation 3(2) amends Schedule 1 to the Remuneration Regulations by inserting a new paragraph 18A, which provides for an additional preparation fee of £62 to be payable to a trial advocate in respect of preparation for a case which goes to trial or which is a cracked trial.

Regulation 3(3) amends paragraph 26(4A)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Remuneration Regulations to clarify that the trial advocate to whom fees are to be paid in accordance with that paragraph does not include an advocate who only attends certain cross-examinations or re-examinations.

Regulation 4 governs the application of these Regulations.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.