{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2011/schedule-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2065",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 5\nMagistrates’ Courts Rates\nArticle 4A\nInterpretation of this Schedule\n1. (1) Words and expressions used in this Schedule have the same meaning as in the 2010 Standard Crime Contract. The fees and rates in this Schedule are exclusive of value added tax.\n(2) “2010 Standard Crime Contract” means the contract so named between the Commission and a provider for the provision of funded services, including the contract for signature, the standard terms, the schedule and the specification.\nHigher and Lower Standard Fees table\nLower Standard Fee\nLower Standard Fee Limit\nHigher Standard Fee\nHigher Standard Fee Limit\nDesignated Area Standard Fees\nCategory 1 (either way)\n272.56\n298.45\n517.05\n517.10\nCategory 1 (summary only)\n221.59\n298.45\n477.41\n517.10\nCategory 2\n378.46\n512.70\n792.71\n854.40\nCategory 3\n357.87\n452.20\n734.56\n789.50\nUndesignated Area Standard Fees\nCategory 1 (either way)\n213.35\n298.45\n451.84\n517.10\nCategory 1 (summary only)\n173.45\n298.45\n417.20\n517.10\nCategory 2\n306.25\n512.70\n702.40\n854.40\nCategory 3\n276.50\n452.20\n626.50\n789.50\nRepresentation in the magistrates’ court\nHourly Rates (for recording time and to determine whether the Lower or Higher Standard Fee Limit has been reached, and for claiming costs in cases which fall outside the Standard Fee payment scheme).\nAll Areas\nRoutine letters written and telephone calls per item\n£3.90\nPreparation hourly rate\n£49.70\nAdvocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)\n£62.35\nAttendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with counsel at court) hourly rate\n£34.00\nTravelling and waiting hourly rate (Only claimable where the Undesignated Area fees apply)\n£26.30\nSCHEDULE 6\nExperts’ Fees and Rates\nArticle 15A\nExpert\nNon-London Hourly Rate or fixed fee\nLondon Hourly Rate or fixed fee\nComments\nA&E consultant\n£126\n£135\nAccident reconstruction\n£90\n£68\nAccountant\n£50 - £144\n£50 - £144\nPartner £144, Manager £108, Accountant £80, General staff £50.\nAnaesthetist\n£135\n£90\nArchitect\n£99\n£90\nBack calculations\n£180 fixed fee\n£189 fixed fee\nBenefit expert\n£90\n£90\nCardiologist\n£144\n£90\nCell telephone site analysis\n£90\n£90\nChild psychiatrist\n£135\n£90\nChild psychologist\n£126\n£90\nComputer expert\n£90\n£90\nConsultant engineer\n£90\n£68\nDentist\n£117\n£90\nDermatologist\n£108\n£90\nDisability consultant\n£68\n£68\nDNA (per person) – testing of sample\n£315 per test\n£315 per test\nDNA (per person) – preparation of report\n£90\n£90\nDoctor (GP)\n£99\n£90\nDrug expert\n£90\n£90\nEmployment consultant\n£68\n£68\nEnquiry agent\n£32\n£23\nENT surgeon\n£126\n£90\nFacial mapping\n£135\n£90\nFingerprint expert\n£90\n£47\nFire investigation\n£90\n£68\nFirearm expert\n£90\n£90\nForensic scientist\n£113\n£90\nGeneral surgeon\n£135\n£90\nGeneticist\n£108\n£90\nGP (records report)\n£63 fixed fee\n£90 fixed fee\nGynaecologist\n£135\n£90\nHaematologist\n£122\n£90\nHandwriting expert\n£90\n£90\nInterpreter\n£32\n£25\nLip reader / Signer\n£72\n£41\nMediator\n£126\n£126\nMedical Consultant\n£135\n£90\nMedical microbiologist\n£135\n£90\nMedical Report\n£99\n£90\nMeteorologist\n£126\n£180 fixed fee\nMidwife\n£90\n£90\nNeonatologist\n£135\n£90\nNeurologist\n£153\n£90\nNeuropsychiatrist\n£158\n£90\nNeuroradiologist\n£171\n£90\nNeurosurgeon\n£171\n£90\nNursing expert\n£81\n£81\nObstetrician\n£135\n£90\nOccupational Therapist\n£68\n£68\nOncologist\n£140\n£90\nOrthopaedic surgeon\n£144\n£90\nPaediatrician\n£135\n£90\nPathologist\n£153\n£540 fixed fee\nPharmacologist\n£122\n£90\nPhotographer\n£32\n£23\nPhysiotherapist\n£81\n£81\nPlastic surgeon\n£135\n£90\nProcess server\n£32\n£23\nPsychiatrist\n£135\n£90\nPsychologist\n£117\n£90\nRadiologist\n£135\n£90\nRheumatologist\n£135\n£90\nRisk assessment expert\n£63\n£63\nSpeech therapist\n£99\n£90\nSurgeon\n£135\n£90\nSurveyor\n£50\n£50\nTelecoms expert\n£90\n£90\nToxicologist\n£135\n£90\nUrologist\n£135\n£90\nVet\n£90\n£90\nVoice recognition\n£117\n£90\n”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 in force at 3.10.2011, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Published by the Commission on 15th February 2010 and available on its website at www.legalservices.gov.uk."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2065/schedule/4",
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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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