{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1996/schedule-3/part-I/paragraph-1", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1996/schedule-3/part-I/paragraph-1.json", "legislation": "uksi/1996/2447", "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1996", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1996", "path": "schedule/3/part/I/paragraph/1", "kind": "paragraph", "number": "1", "heading": null, "text": "Subject to paragraph 3 of this Part, the fees allowable to a solicitor for providing assistance by way of representation shall be for criminal matters and civil matters and children’s matters arising out of hearings or proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 or Part 4 of the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 as follows:–\nCriminal\nCivil\nChildren’s\n1. The fee for—\n(i)\nany time up to the first half hour spent by a solicitor appearing in court or conducting another hearing\n£38.79\n£46.91\n£46.91\n(ii)\neach quarter hour (or part thereof) subsequent to the first half hour spent in court or conducting another hearing.\n£19.41\n£23.50\n£23.50\n1A.\nSupplementary fee, payable in addition to the fee under paragraph 1, where at a holiday court sitting a solicitor acts for a person appearing from custody on the day on which that person is first brought to a court to answer to a complaint or attend a first examination.\n£99.63\n2. The fee for—\n(i)\neach quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 3 to 5 of this table, provided that any time is additional to the total time charged for under paragraph 1.\n£14.95\n£18.05\n£18.05\n(ii)\nfor each quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor’s clerk in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 3 to 5 of this table.\n£7.45\n£9.01\n£9.01\n3. The fee for—\n£8.50\n£10.29\n£10.29\n(i)\neach citation of a witness including execution thereof\n(ii)\nframing and drawing precognitions and other necessary papers, subject to paragraph 4(iii) below - per sheet (or part thereof)\n(iii)\ninstructing messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers, including examining execution and settling fee\n(iv)\nlengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration)\n(v)\nletters, including instructions to counsel, subject to paragraph 4(ii) below – per page (or part thereof).\n4. The fee for—\n£3.44\n£4.12\n£4.12\n(i)\nattendance at court offices for performance of formal work including each necessary lodging in or uplifting from court or each necessary enquiry for documents due to be lodged\n(ii)\nshort letters of a formal nature, intimations and letters confirming telephone calls\n(iii)\nframing formal papers, including inventories and title pages - per sheet (or part thereof)\n(iv)\nrevising papers drawn by counsel or where revisal ordered by court – per 5 sheets (or part thereof)\n(v)\nshort telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration).\n4A. The fee for each quarter of an hour (or part thereof) spent travelling—\n(a)\nby a solicitor\n£7.50\n£9.06\n£9.06\n(b)\nby a solicitor’s clerk.\n£3.75\n£4.54\n£4.54\n5.\n(a) There is no fee for photocopying—\n(i)\nwhere fewer than 20 sheets are copied at one time\n(ii)\nin relation to the first 20 sheets copied at any one time.\n(b)\nSubject to sub-paragraph (a), the fee for all photocopying in the matter in relation to which assistance by way of representation was given is—\n(i)\n6 pence for each sheet copied for up to 10,000 sheets\n(ii)\n2 pence per sheet for each sheet copied in addition to the first 10,000 sheets.", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "F", "label": "F1", "text": "Sch. 3 substituted (30.4.2005) by The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/171), reg. 1, sch. (with reg. 2)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F2", "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1 inserted (24.6.2013) by The Children’s Legal Assistance (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/144), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F3", "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table inserted (8.11.2021) by The Children’s Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendments and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/368), regs. 1(1), 5(3)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F4", "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1 table substituted (1.9.2026) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/144), reg. 1(3), sch. 9 (with reg. 2)" } ], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "words omitted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/107", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid and Assistance by Way of Representation (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "words omitted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/107", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid and Assistance by Way of Representation (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2026/267", "affecting_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026" } ], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2447/schedule/3/part/I/paragraph/1", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-09T03:30:57.921163+00:00" }, "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0", "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." }