# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007, Article 22: Computation of final claim where an interim payment has been made


(1) At the conclusion of a case in which one or more payments have been made to an instructed advocate or a litigator under articles 17 to 21, he must submit a claim under article 5 or 6 for the determination of his overall remuneration, whether or not such a claim will result in any payment additional to those already made.
(2) In the determination of the amount payable to an instructed advocate or litigator under article 5 or 6—
(a) the appropriate officer must deduct the amount of any payment made under articles 17 to 21 in respect of the same case from the amount that would otherwise be payable; and
(b) if the amount of the interim payment is greater than the amount that would otherwise be payable, the appropriate officer may recover the amount of the difference, either by way of repayment by the instructed advocate or litigator or by way of deduction from any other amount that may be due to him.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1174/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/article-22
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