# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001, Paragraph 3


In respect of any item of work, the appropriate officer may allow fees at less than the relevant prescribed rate specified in paragraph 1 where it appears to him reasonable to do so having regard to the competence and despatch with which the work was done.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/855/schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2001/schedule-2/part-1/paragraph-3
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