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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2013/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2013/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2803",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 5\nExperts’ Fees and Rates\nRegulation 16\nExpert\nNon-London - hourly rate unless stated to be a fixed fee\nLondon - hourly rate unless stated to be a fixed fee\nA&E consultant\n£100.80\n£108\nAccident reconstruction\n£72\n£54.40\nAccountant\n£64\n£64\nAccountant (general staff)\n£40\n£40\nAccountant (manager)\n£86.40\n£86.40\nAccountant (partner)\n£115.20\n£115.20\nAnaesthetist\n£108\n£72\nArchitect\n£79.20\n£72\nBack calculations\n£144 fixed fee\n£151.20 fixed fee\nBenefit expert\n£72\n£72\nCardiologist\n£115.20\n£72\nCell telephone site analysis\n£72\n£72\nChild psychiatrist\n£108\n£72\nChild psychologist\n£100.80\n£72\nComputer expert\n£72\n£72\nConsultant engineer\n£72\n£54.40\nDentist\n£93.60\n£72\nDermatologist\n£86.40\n£72\nDisability consultant\n£54.40\n£54.40\nDNA (testing of sample)\n£252 per test\n£252 per test\nDNA (preparation of report)\n£72\n£72\nDoctor (GP)\n£79.20\n£72\nDrug expert\n£72\n£72\nEmployment consultant\n£54.40\n£54.40\nEnquiry agent\n£25.60\n£18.40\nENT surgeon\n£100.80\n£72\nFacial Mapping\n£108\n£72\nFingerprint expert\n£72\n£37.60\nFire investigation\n£72\n£54.40\nFirearm expert\n£72\n£72\nForensic scientist\n£90.40\n£72\nGeneral surgeon\n£108\n£72\nGeneticist\n£86.40\n£72\nGP (records report)\n£50.40 fixed fee\n£72 fixed fee\nGynaecologist\n£108\n£72\nHaematologist\n£97.60\n£72\nHandwriting expert\n£72\n£72\nInterpreter\n£28\n£25\nLip reader/Signer\n£57.60\n£32.80\nMediator\n£100.80\n£100.80\nMedical consultant\n£108\n£72\nMedical microbiologist\n£108\n£72\nMedical Report\n£79.20\n£72\nMeteorologist\n£100.80\n£144 fixed fee\nMidwife\n£72\n£72\nNeonatologist\n£108\n£72\nNeurologist\n£122.40\n£72\nNeuropsychiatrist\n£126.40\n£72\nNeuroradiologist\n£136.80\n£72\nNeurosurgeon\n£136.80\n£72\nNursing expert\n£64.80\n£64.80\nObstetrician\n£108\n£72\nOccupational therapist\n£54.40\n£54.40\nOncologist\n£112\n£72\nOrthopaedic surgeon\n£115.20\n£72\nPaediatrician\n£108\n£72\nPathologist\n£122.40\n£432 fixed fee\nPharmacologist\n£97.60\n£72\nPhotographer\n£25.60\n£18.40\nPhysiotherapist\n£64.80\n£64.80\nPlastic surgeon\n£108\n£72\nProcess server\n£25.60\n£18.40\nPsychiatrist\n£108\n£72\nPsychologist\n£93.60\n£72\nRadiologist\n£108\n£72\nRheumatologist\n£108\n£72\nRisk assessment expert\n£50.40\n£50.40\nSpeech therapist\n£79.20\n£72\nSurgeon\n£108\n£72\nSurveyor\n£40\n£40\nTelecoms expert\n£72\n£72\nToxicologist\n£108\n£72\nUrologist\n£108\n£72\nVet\n£72\n£72\nVoice recognition\n£93.60\n£72\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2803/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:35:53.910499+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."
}