# The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/435) (“the Remuneration Regulations”) which make provision for the remuneration of advice, assistance and representation made available under sections 13, 15 and 16 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the Act”).
Regulations 2(2) to (7) introduce amendments to Schedules 1 to 6 of the Remuneration Regulations to provide an increase to various fees within the Remuneration Regulations.
Regulation 2(2) and Schedule 1 also abolish the fixed fee payable for Elected Not Proceeded cases and instead allows for claims to be made at the rates for the relevant guilty pleas or cracked trial fee.
Regulation 2(3) and Schedule 2 remove the fixed fee for guilty pleas and cracked trials within the Litigators Graduated Fee Scheme and will instead allow for claims to be made at the rates set out within the tables in Schedule 2.
Paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 amends a reference to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33).
These Regulations apply to matters in which a determination under section 13, 15 or 16 of the Act is made on or after 30th September 2022.
Schedule 6 also applies where a Very High Cost Case Contract has been signed or a Task List agreed on or after 30th September 2022.
A full impact assessment of the effect of the policy implemented by this instrument on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is produced with the Government’s interim response to the consultation on policy proposals following the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review, published on 20th July 2022 and is available here.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/848/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2022/note
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