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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1174",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Levels of fee earner",
  "text": "(1) The Commission must assign each fee earner providing funded services under a representation order in a Very High Cost Case to Level A, Level B or Level C.\n(2) In order to be assigned to Level A, a fee earner must provide evidence that he meets the requirements of Level A.\n(3) Where the Commission considers that—\n(a) the prosecution evidence in a Very High Cost Case is particularly voluminous or complex; and\n(b) the Very High Cost Case involves preparatory work of a routine nature,\nit may authorise a pupil or other junior to undertake, and be remunerated for, such work on the Very High Cost Case as the Commission considers reasonable.\n(4) Any question as to whether a fee earner fulfils the criteria for a particular level must be determined by the Commission, which must consider the circumstances of the individual case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/3552",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1174/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:55:19.074834+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}