# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007, Paragraph 5: Allowing fees at less than the prescribed rates


In respect of any item of work, the appropriate officer may allow fees at less than the relevant prescribed rate specified in paragraph 3 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/2007/1174/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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