Article 12 Indictable-only offences
(1)
Where a case is sent for trial to the Crown Court under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998f1 (No committal proceedings for indictable-only offences), any fees in relation to work carried out in the magistrates’ court must be assessed and paid—
(a)
at the same time as the Crown Court fees for that case; and
(b)
at the rate set out in the General Criminal Contract, published by the Commission in February 2001, as amended, as appropriate to that category of work.
(2)
Paragraph (1) does not apply where the case is remitted to a magistrates’ court.
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