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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2447",
  "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1996",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "The fees allowable to a solicitor shall be calculated for criminal matters and for civil matters and for children’s matters arising out of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 or in connection with any hearings or proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 as follows:–\nCriminal\nCivil\nChildren\nA.\nTime occupied in carrying out work for the client other than work described in paragraphs B to E below—\n(i)\nSolicitor – per quarter hour (or part thereof)\n£16.42\n£18.05\n£18.05\n(ii)\nSolicitor’s clerk – per quarter hour (or part thereof).\n£8.20\n£9.01\n£9.01\nB.\nFor 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).\n£3.76\n£4.12\n£4.12\nC.\nFor 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).\n£9.35\n£10.29\n£10.29\nD.\nFor taking and drawing precognitions – for the first sheet of 250 words or less.\n£32.77\n£36.09\n£36.09\nfor each subsequent sheet of 250 words.\n£32.77\n£36.09\n£36.09\nfor each subsequent sheet of less than 250 words.\n£16.42\n£18.05\n£18.05\nDA.\nThe fee for each quarter of an hour (or part thereof) spent travelling—\n(a)\nby a solicitor\n£8.23\n£9.06\n£9.06\n(b)\nby a solicitor’s clerk.\n£4.11\n£4.54\n£4.54\nE.\n(a)\nThere 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 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": "S",
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      "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)"
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      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 1 substituted (30.6.2008) by The Criminal Legal Assistance (Fees and Information etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/240), regs. 1(1), 3(9)(a) (with reg. 1(2))"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 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(3)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. 2 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. 10 (with reg. 2)"
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