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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1163",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2024",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend Schedule 4 to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/435) 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”).\nRegulation 2(2) makes amendments to increase fees for advice and assistance at the police station.\nRegulation 2(3) makes amendments to introduce fees for travel for the purposes of attendance by (i) duty solicitors who are members of certain specified schemes; or (ii) own solicitors whose office(s) are situated within certain specified areas, at certain specified police stations.\nRegulation 2(5) makes (i) technical amendments to clarify the operation of the magistrates’ court fee scheme; and (ii) amendments to introduce a new fee scheme for proceedings in the youth court and certain proceedings in the magistrates’ court connected to youth justice.\nThese Regulations apply to matters in which a determination under section 13, 15 or 16 of the Act is made on or after 6th December 2024.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is produced with the Government’s response to the Crime Lower Consultation, published on 14th November 2024 and is available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/crime-lower-consultation. A hard copy is available from the Legal Aid Policy Team, Access to Justice Directorate, Justice and Courts Policy Group, Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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