# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2001, Article 24: Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001


In paragraph 19 of Schedule 4:
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) after “appropriate to the category of trial advocate” insert “and length of the trial”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (1)(b) insert—
“or
(c) attendance by the trial advocate at pre-trial conferences with the assisted person not held at court, provided that such conferences do not exceed the number and length set out in sub-paragraph (1A);”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) The number and length of conferences for which the hourly fee set out in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be payable is as follows:
(a) for trials that do not exceed 10 days, cracked trials where it was accepted by the court at the pleas and directions hearing that the trial would not exceed 10 days and any guilty pleas, one conference not exceeding 2 hours;
(b) for trials lasting not less than 11 and not more than 15 days, two conferences each not exceeding 2 hours;
(c) for trials lasting not less than 16 and not more than 20 days, 3 conferences each not exceeding 2 hours; and
(d) for trials lasting not less than 21 and not more than 25 days, 4 conferences each not exceeding 2 hours.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3341/article/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-no-3-order-2001/article-24
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