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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-regulations-1987/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/382",
  "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 2 of this Part, the fees allowable to a solicitor shall be calculated as follows:–\n(a) For formal letters or formal telephone calls\n£ 2.20\n(b) For taking and drawing precognitions:\nfor the first sheet of 250 words or less\n£14.10\nfor each subsequent sheet of 250 words\n£14.10\nfor each subsequent sheet of less than 250 words\n£7.10\n(c) For all other work, a fee calculated at a rate of £28.20 per hour (the fee for any part of an hour being the proportionate part of the hourly rate)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev.in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/811",
      "affecting_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/1066",
      "affecting_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/373",
      "affecting_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/567",
      "affecting_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991"
    },
    {
      "type": "replaced",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/1037",
      "affecting_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1990"
    }
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  },
  "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."
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