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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2001/schedule-2/part-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/855",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Allowance of standard fees",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate officer shall allow the standard fee for preparation which has been claimed by a solicitor (together with the appropriate standard fees for the other classes of work specified in paragraph 4(2)) unless, where the principal standard fee for preparation has been claimed, such a fee is considered to be excessive, in which case the lower standard fee shall be allowed.\n(2) A solicitor who has been allowed the lower standard fee instead of the principal fee claimed may:\n(a) accept that lower fee;\n(b) request the appropriate officer in writing to review his decision; or\n(c) provide the appropriate officer with a detailed claim in the form directed by him requesting that the fees for preparation be determined under paragraph 12 of Schedule 1.\n(3) Where the appropriate officer is requested to review his decision under sub-paragraph (2)(b), the officer shall either:\n(a) allow the principal fee; or\n(b) request the solicitor to provide a detailed claim in the form directed by him.\n(4) Where a solicitor fails to make a request under sub-paragraph (2)(b) or to supply a detailed claim for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(c) or (3)(b) within six weeks of the decision to allow the lower fee or the request to supply a detailed claim, whichever is the later, the decision to allow the lower standard fee shall be deemed to be confirmed.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/855/schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/2",
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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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