{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-2.json",
  "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",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 4 to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 is amended as follows.\n(2) For the table following paragraph 2(8) (work conducted at the Police station: Police Station advice and assistance), substitute—\n“\nPolice Station Attendance – Fixed Fees and Escape Fee Thresholds\nCriminal Justice System Area\nScheme\nFixed Fee (£)\nEscape Threshold (£)\nCleveland\nHartlepool\n223.52\n588.99\nTeeside\n223.52\n588.99\nDurham\nDarlington\n223.52\n588.99\nSouth Durham\n223.52\n588.99\nDurham\n223.52\n588.99\nDerwentside\n223.52\n588.99\nEasington\n223.52\n588.99\nNorthumbria\nSouth East Northumberland\n223.52\n588.99\nNewcastle upon Tyne\n223.52\n588.99\nGateshead\n223.52\n588.99\nNorth Tyneside\n223.52\n588.99\nSouth Tyneside\n223.52\n588.99\nSunderland / Houghton Le Spring\n223.52\n588.99\nBerwick & Alnwick\n223.52\n588.99\nTynedale & Hexham\n223.52\n588.99\nAvon & Somerset\nAvon North & Thornbury\n223.52\n588.99\nBath\n223.52\n588.99\nMendip & South Somerset\n249.17\n747.52\nBristol\n223.52\n588.99\nSedgemore / Taunton Deane\n223.52\n588.99\nWeston-Super-Mare\n223.52\n588.99\nDorset\nCentral Dorset\n223.52\n588.99\nBournemouth & Christchurch\n223.52\n588.99\nPoole East Dorset\n223.52\n588.99\nBridport / West Dorset\n223.52\n588.99\nWiltshire\nSalisbury\n223.52\n588.99\nChippenham / Trowbridge\n223.52\n588.99\nSwindon\n223.52\n588.99\nGloucestershire\nCheltenham\n223.52\n588.99\nGloucester\n223.52\n588.99\nStroud\n223.52\n588.99\nDevon & Cornwall\nBarnstaple\n223.52\n588.99\nExeter\n223.52\n588.99\nPlymouth\n223.52\n588.99\nEast Cornwall\n228.77\n776.99\nCarrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith\n223.52\n588.99\nTeignbridge / Torbay\n223.52\n588.99\nStaffordshire\nStoke on Trent / Leek\n223.52\n588.99\nStafford / Cannock & Rugeley\n223.52\n588.99\nLichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter\n223.52\n588.99\nWarwickshire\nLeamington / Nuneaton / Rugby\n223.52\n588.99\nWest Mercia\nHereford / Leominster\n223.52\n588.99\nKidderminster / Redditch\n228.63\n685.88\nShrewsbury\n223.52\n588.99\nTelford\n223.52\n588.99\nWorcester\n223.52\n588.99\nWest Midlands\nSandwell\n223.52\n588.99\nWolverhampton & Seisdon\n223.52\n588.99\nDudley & Halesowen\n223.52\n588.99\nWalsall\n223.52\n588.99\nBirmingham\n223.52\n588.99\nSolihull\n223.52\n588.99\nCoventry\n223.52\n588.99\nDyfed Powys\nAmman Valley\n223.52\n588.99\nCarmarthen East Dyfed\n232.21\n696.61\nLlanelli\n223.52\n588.99\nBrecon & Radnor\n233.99\n701.97\nMid Wales\n223.52\n588.99\nNorth Ceredigion / South Ceredigion\n234.88\n704.64\nPembrokeshire\n223.52\n588.99\nGwent\nEast Gwent\n223.52\n588.99\nNewport\n223.52\n588.99\nLower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty / South Bedwellty\n223.52\n588.99\nNorth Wales\nBangor & Caernarfon\n223.52\n588.99\nColwyn Bay\n223.52\n588.99\nDenbighshire\n223.52\n588.99\nDolgellau\n223.52\n588.99\nMold & Hawarden\n223.52\n588.99\nNorth Anglesey\n226.85\n680.54\nPwllheli\n223.52\n588.99\nWrexham\n223.52\n588.99\nSouth Wales\nCardiff\n223.52\n588.99\nVale of Glamorgan\n239.35\n718.06\nCynon Valley\n223.52\n588.99\nMid Glamorgan & Miskin\n223.52\n588.99\nMerthyr Tydfil\n223.52\n588.99\nPort Talbot\n251.85\n852.01\nNewcastle & Ogmore\n223.52\n588.99\nNeath\n223.52\n588.99\nSwansea\n223.52\n588.99\nMerseyside\nBootle & Crosby\n223.52\n588.99\nSouthport\n223.52\n588.99\nLiverpool\n223.52\n588.99\nSt Helens\n223.52\n588.99\nKnowsley\n223.52\n588.99\nWirral\n223.52\n588.99\nCheshire\nCrewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield\n223.52\n588.99\nWarrington / Halton\n223.52\n588.99\nChester / Vale Royal (Northwich)\n223.52\n588.99\nCumbria\nBarrow In Furness\n223.52\n588.99\nKendal & Windermere\n223.52\n588.99\nPenrith / Carlisle\n223.52\n588.99\nWhitehaven / Workington\n223.52\n588.99\nGreater Manchester\nManchester\n223.52\n588.99\nStockport\n223.52\n588.99\nTrafford\n223.52\n588.99\nSalford\n223.52\n588.99\nBolton\n223.52\n588.99\nBury\n223.52\n588.99\nWigan\n223.52\n588.99\nRochdale / Middleton\n223.52\n588.99\nTameside\n223.52\n588.99\nOldham\n223.52\n588.99\nLancashire\nBurnley / Rossendale\n223.52\n588.99\nBlackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley\n223.52\n588.99\nBlackpool\n223.52\n588.99\nFleetwood\n223.52\n588.99\nLancaster\n223.52\n588.99\nChorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland\n223.52\n588.99\nPreston\n223.52\n588.99\nKent\nDartford & Gravesend\n267.93\n803.78\nAshford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone\n236.11\n801.10\nMedway\n235.77\n707.32\nSwale\n279.53\n838.60\nMaidstone & West Malling\n249.17\n747.52\nCanterbury / Thanet\n223.52\n588.99\nWest Kent (Tonbridge)\n239.35\n718.06\nSurrey\nGuildford & Farnham\n223.52\n588.99\nNorth West Surrey (Woking)\n225.62\n766.26\nSouth East Surrey\n238.21\n809.13\nEpsom\n241.36\n819.87\nStaines\n277.04\n937.73\nSussex\nBrighton & Hove & Lewes\n223.52\n588.99\nChichester & District\n223.52\n588.99\nCrawley / Horsham\n262.57\n787.69\nHastings\n223.52\n588.99\nWorthing\n223.52\n588.99\nEastbourne\n223.52\n588.99\nDerbyshire\nEast Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston\n237.56\n712.68\nAshbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton)\n223.52\n588.99\nChesterfield\n223.52\n588.99\nDerby / Swadlincote\n223.52\n588.99\nLeicestershire\nAshby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray\n223.52\n588.99\nLeicester\n223.52\n588.99\nHinckley / Market Harborough\n232.21\n696.61\nLincolnshire\nBoston / Bourne / Stamford\n223.52\n588.99\nSkegness\n223.52\n588.99\nLincoln / Gainsborough\n223.52\n588.99\nGrantham & Sleaford\n223.52\n588.99\nNottinghamshire\nMansfield\n223.52\n588.99\nNewark\n223.52\n588.99\nNottingham\n223.52\n588.99\nWorksop & East Retford\n223.52\n588.99\nNorthamptonshire\nCorby (Kettering) / Wellingborough\n223.52\n588.99\nNorthampton\n223.52\n588.99\nBedfordshire\nBedford\n223.52\n588.99\nLuton\n223.52\n588.99\nCambridgeshire\nCambridge\n223.52\n588.99\nEly\n223.52\n588.99\nHuntingdon\n223.52\n588.99\nMarch & Wisbech\n223.52\n588.99\nPeterborough\n223.52\n588.99\nEssex\nBasildon\n223.52\n588.99\nBrentwood\n286.48\n972.58\nBraintree\n228.77\n774.32\nClacton & Harwich / Colchester\n223.52\n588.99\nGrays\n267.59\n908.27\nHarlow & Loughton\n267.59\n908.27\nStansted\n295.93\n1,004.72\nRayleigh / Southend On Sea\n223.52\n588.99\nChelmsford / Witham\n223.52\n588.99\nHertfordshire\nDacorum (Hemel Hempstead)\n241.36\n817.16\nBishop's Stortford / East Hertfordshire\n292.78\n993.99\nStevenage & North Hertfordshire\n271.79\n921.68\nSt Albans\n246.61\n807.59\nWatford\n242.41\n822.54\nNorfolk\nCromer & North Walsham\n223.52\n588.99\nGreat Yarmouth\n223.52\n588.99\nKings Lynn & West Norfolk\n223.52\n588.99\nNorwich & District\n223.52\n588.99\nDiss / Thetford\n223.52\n588.99\nDereham\n227.71\n771.64\nSuffolk\nLowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh\n223.52\n588.99\nFelixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge\n223.52\n588.99\nSudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket\n223.52\n588.99\nThames Valley\nAbingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire)\n240.30\n814.49\nAylesbury\n228.63\n685.88\nHigh Wycombe & Amersham\n223.52\n588.99\nMilton Keynes\n223.52\n588.99\nBicester / North Oxon (Banbury)\n223.52\n588.99\nOxford\n223.52\n588.99\nReading\n223.52\n588.99\nSlough (East Berkshire)\n240.30\n814.49\nWest Berkshire (Newbury Etc)\n223.52\n588.99\nHampshire\nAldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire)\n229.82\n779.67\nAndover / Basingstoke / Winchester (NW Hants)\n242.03\n726.09\nIsle Of Wight\n223.52\n588.99\nPortsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)\n223.52\n588.99\nGosport & Fareham\n247.38\n742.14\nSouthampton (South West Hampshire)\n228.63\n685.88\nHumberside\nGrimsby & Cleethorpes\n223.52\n588.99\nScunthorpe\n223.52\n588.99\nHull\n223.52\n588.99\nBeverley / Bridlington\n223.52\n588.99\nGoole\n223.52\n588.99\nNorth Yorkshire\nNorthallerton & Richmond\n223.52\n588.99\nHarrogate & Ripon\n223.52\n588.99\nSkipton, Settle & Ingleton\n223.52\n588.99\nScarborough / Whitby\n223.52\n588.99\nMalton & Ryedale\n223.52\n588.99\nYork / Selby\n223.52\n588.99\nSouth Yorkshire\nBarnsley\n223.52\n588.99\nDoncaster\n223.52\n588.99\nRotherham\n223.52\n588.99\nSheffield\n223.52\n588.99\nWest Yorkshire\nHalifax\n223.52\n588.99\nHuddersfield\n223.52\n588.99\nDewsbury\n223.52\n588.99\nBradford\n223.52\n588.99\nKeighley & Bingley\n223.52\n588.99\nLeeds\n223.52\n588.99\nPontefract & Castleford\n223.52\n588.99\nWakefield\n223.52\n588.99\nLondon\nBarking\n264.45\n852.79\nBexley\n264.45\n852.79\nBishopsgate\n269.69\n913.62\nBrent\n264.45\n852.79\nBrentford\n264.45\n852.79\nBromley\n264.45\n852.79\nCamberwell Green\n264.45\n852.79\nCentral London\n272.84\n924.35\nClerkenwell/Hampstead\n264.45\n852.79\nCroydon\n264.45\n852.79\nEaling\n264.45\n852.79\nEnfield\n264.45\n852.79\nGreenwich/Woolwich\n264.45\n852.79\nHaringey\n264.45\n852.79\nHarrow\n264.45\n852.79\nHavering\n264.45\n852.79\nHeathrow\n315.86\n1,071.72\nHendon/Barnet\n264.45\n852.79\nHighbury Corner\n264.45\n852.79\nKingston-Upon-Thames\n264.45\n852.79\nNewham\n264.45\n852.79\nOld Street\n264.45\n852.79\nRedbridge\n264.45\n852.79\nRichmond-Upon-Thames\n277.04\n937.73\nSouth London\n264.45\n852.79\nSutton\n264.45\n852.79\nThames\n264.45\n852.79\nTower Bridge\n267.59\n908.27\nUxbridge\n264.45\n852.79\nWaltham Forest\n264.45\n852.79\nWest London\n270.74\n918.97\nWimbledon\n264.45\n852.79\n”;\n(3) After paragraph 2, insert—\n“Police station attendance: travel fee for the purposes of attendance at a Destination Police Station\n2A (1) The fees listed in the table following sub-paragraph (2) are payable in addition to any other fee which is payable under this Schedule.\n(2) The hourly rates for travel for the purposes of attendance to which sub-paragraph (3) applies are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.\nTravel hourly rates\nHourly rate (£)\nOwn Solicitor\n30.22\nDuty Solicitor\n54.57\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n72.46\n(3) This sub-paragraph applies to attendance at a Destination Police Station by an Attending Duty Scheme Solicitor or an Attending Own Solicitor.\n(4) Destination Duty Schemes and Attending Duty Schemes for the purposes of this paragraph are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.\nTravel Scheme Table\nDestination Duty Scheme\nAttending Duty Scheme\nSkegness\nSkegness\nLincoln\nBoston\nNorth & North East Lincolnshire\nBarnstaple\nBarnstaple\nExeter\nBridgwater (Weston-Super-Mare / Sedgemoor / Taunton Deane combined)\nEast Cornwall\nPlymouth\nBerwick & Alnwick\nBerwick & Alnwick\nSouth East Northumberland\nTynedale & Hexham\nDolgellau\nDolgellau\nAnglesey, Bangor & Caernarfon\nNorth Ceredigion / South Ceredigion\nNewtown (Mid Wales)\nPwllheli\nDenbighshire\nColwyn Bay\nWrexham\nNewark\nNewark\nMansfield\nWorksop & East Retford\nNottingham\nLoughborough\nGrantham\nLincoln\nIsle of Wight\nIsle of Wight\nPortsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)\nSouth West Hants (Southampton)\n(5) In this paragraph—\n“Destination Police Station” means a police station listed in the Police Station Table as being within a Duty Scheme listed in column 1 of the Travel Scheme Table.\nIn relation to a particular Destination Police Station—\n(a)the “Destination Duty Scheme” is the Duty Scheme listed in the Police Station Table as including that Destination Police Station;\n(b)an “Attending Duty Scheme” is a Duty Scheme listed in column 2 of the Travel Scheme Table as corresponding to the Destination Duty Scheme;\n(c)an “Attending Duty Scheme Solicitor” is a Duty Solicitor who is a member of an Attending Duty Scheme;\n(d)an “Attending Own Solicitor” is an Own Solicitor whose Office(s) are situated within the area covered by an Attending Duty Scheme (as set out in the October 2021 version of the Duty Solicitor Postcode Tool);\n“the Police Station Table” is the table set out in Annex A to version 16 (December 2023) of the 2022 Standard Crime Contract Guidance for reporting crime lower work;\n“the Travel Scheme Table” is the table following sub-paragraph (4).”;\n(4) In paragraph 5 (Representation in the Magistrates’ Court)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (A1), after “5A”, insert “or paragraph 5B”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2), after “5A”, insert “or paragraph 5B”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (3)(a)—\n(i) after “is a reference to the following proceedings”, insert “other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), after “guilty pleas”, insert “(other than in proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii));\n(iii) omit sub-paragraph (ii);\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (iii)—\n(aa) after “either way offences”, insert “(other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii))”; and\n(bb) at the end, omit “and”;\n(v) in sub-paragraph (iv)—\n(aa) after “either way offences”, insert “(other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii))”; and\n(bb) at the end, insert “and”; and\n(vi) after sub-paragraph (iv), insert—\n“(v) proceedings arising out of a deferment of sentence (including any subsequent sentence hearing) under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Sentencing Code relating to—\n(aa) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(bb) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);”;\n(d) in sub-paragraph (3)(b)—\n(i) after “(a)(ia)”, insert “or paragraph (c)”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (v), for “Code;”, substitute “Code relating to summary offences (other than low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence))”;\n(5) After paragraph 5A (Representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 or related parenting order in any court), insert—\n“Representation in the youth court\n5B (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to—\n(a) proceedings in the youth court;\n(b) subject to sub-paragraph (3), proceedings in a magistrates’ court which is not a youth court—\n(i) to which sections 46(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the 1933 Act (assignment of certain matters to youth courts) apply; or\n(ii) to which section 18 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in certain cases involving children and young persons) applies; and\n(c) proceedings relating to bail or remand—\n(i) which fall within the jurisdiction conferred on the youth court; and\n(ii) are heard in a magistrates’ court which is not a youth court.\n(2) This paragraph does not apply where paragraph 5A applies.\n(3) (a) This paragraph does not apply to claims for fees by a litigator who is acting in proceedings referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b), where the condition in paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph is met.\n(b) The condition is that if the charge were brought solely against the assisted person(s)—\n(i) the proceedings would not fall within the jurisdiction conferred on the youth court;\n(ii) section 46(1) of the 1933 Act (assignment of certain matters to youth courts) would not apply to the proceedings; and\n(iii) section 18 of the Child and Young Persons Act 1963 (jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in certain cases involving children and young persons) would not apply to the proceedings.\n(4) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for representation in proceedings to which this paragraph applies for—\n(a) recording time and to determine whether the Lower or Higher Standard Fee Limit has been reached; and\n(b) claiming costs in cases which fall outside the Standard Fee payment schemes,\nare specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.\nRepresentation in the youth court\nAll Areas (£)\nRoutine letter written and telephone calls per item\n4.09\nPreparation hourly rate\n52.15\nAdvocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)\n65.42\nHourly rate for attendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with Counsel at court)\n35.68\nTravelling and waiting hourly rate (only claimable where the undesignated area fees apply)\n27.60\nAdditional fee for cases which fall outside the Standard Fee payment schemes (only claimable in cases falling under Category 1A or 2A in the table following sub-paragraph (5))\n598.59\n(5) The fees and fee limits for the Standard Fee payment scheme for representation in proceedings to which this paragraph applies are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.\nHigher and Lower Standard Fees table\nLower Standard Fee (£)\nLower Standard Fee Limit (£)\nHigher Standard Fee (£)\nHigher Standard Fee Limit (£)\nDesignated Area Standard Fees\nCategory 1A\n884.61\n313.19\n1,141.17\n542.63\nCategory 1B\n232.53\n313.19\n500.99\n542.63\nCategory 2A\n995.73\n538.02\n1,430.44\n896.59\nCategory 2B\n397.14\n538.02\n831.85\n896.59\nUndesignated Area Standard Fees\nCategory 1A\n822.47\n313.19\n1,072.74\n542.63\nCategory 1B\n182.01\n313.19\n437.81\n542.63\nCategory 2A\n919.96\n538.02\n1,335.67\n896.59\nCategory 2B\n321.37\n538.02\n737.08\n896.59\n(6) In the table following sub-paragraph (5)—\n(a) the reference to “Category 1A” cases is a reference to the following proceedings (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c))—\n(i) guilty pleas in proceedings relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);\n(ii) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),\nwhich are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence;\n(iii) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),\nwhich result in a bind over; and\n(iv) proceedings arising out of a deferment of sentence (including any subsequent sentence hearing) under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Sentencing Code relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);\n(b) the reference to “Category 1B” cases is a reference to the following proceedings (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (d))—\n(i) summary only guilty pleas (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(i)(cc));\n(ii) uncontested proceedings arising out of a breach of an order of a magistrates’ court;\n(iii) proceedings relating to summary offences which are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)(cc));\n(iv) proceedings relating to summary offences which result in a bind over (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(iii)(cc));\n(v) proceedings arising out of a deferment of sentence (including any subsequent sentence hearing) under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Sentencing Code relating to summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(iv)(cc));\n(vi) proceedings prescribed under regulation 9 of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013, except where the case was listed and fully prepared for a contested hearing to decide whether an order should be made; and\n(vii) proceedings relating to either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small);\n(c) the reference to “Category 2A” cases is a reference to the following proceedings —\n(i) contested trials relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);\n(ii) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),\nwhich were listed and fully prepared for trial but disposed of by a guilty plea on the day of trial before the opening of the prosecution case;\n(iii) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),\nwhich were listed and fully prepared for trial in the magistrates’ court but are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence or which result in a bind over on the day of trial before the opening of the prosecution case; and\n(iv) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) indictable only offences;\n(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or\n(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),\nwhere mixed pleas are entered;\n(d) the reference to “Category 2B” cases is a reference to—\n(i) contested trials relating to—\n(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(i)(cc)); or\n(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small);\n(ii) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(ii)(cc)); or\n(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small),\nwhich were listed and fully prepared for trial in a magistrates’ court but are disposed of by a guilty plea on the day of the trial before the opening of the prosecution case;\n(iii) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(iii)(cc)); or\n(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small),\nwhich were listed and fully prepared for trial in the magistrates’ court but are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence or which result in a bind over on the day of trial before the opening of the prosecution case;\n(iv) proceedings relating to—\n(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(iv)(cc)); or\n(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small),\nwhere mixed pleas are entered;\n(v) contested proceedings relating to a breach of an order of a magistrates’ court; and\n(vi) proceedings prescribed under regulation 9 of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013 where the case was listed and fully prepared for a contested hearing to decide whether an order should be made.\n(7) The fees payable to Assigned Counsel for representation in the youth court are subject to the limits specified in the table following paragraph 12.\n(8) The fixed fee payable to a litigator in respect of a case sent for trial to the Crown Court is £208.61.\n(9) In this paragraph—\n“the 1933 Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;\n“the 1980 Act” means the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;\n“youth court” has the same meaning as in section 45(1) (constitution of youth courts) of the 1933 Act.”.",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2(5) substituted (5.12.2024) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1270), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 6.12.2024, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/435, amended by Schedule 24(5) paragraph 416 of the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) (subject to savings and transitional provisions specified in section 410 of and Part 7 of Schedule 24 of that Act) and S.I. 2023/1140, 2022/995, 2022/848, 2020/903, 2015/1678, 2015/1369, 2015/325, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "A copy of the October 2021 version of the Duty Solicitor Postcode Tool is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/616d97218fa8f52985dd75a4/Duty_Solicitor_Postcode_Tool.pdf. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office), 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "A copy of version 16 (December 2023) of the guidance is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65817f5bfc07f300128d4457/Guidance_for_Reporting_Crime_Lower_Work.pdf. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office), 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2020 c. 17; pursuant to section 1 of the Sentencing Act 2020, Parts 2 to 13 of that Act make up the Sentencing Code."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; section 22A was added by section 176(3) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), subject to transitional provision set out in section 176(8) of that Act and commencement provision set out in S.I. 2014/949, and amended by section 52(1) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 22 of that Act was amended by section 46 of and schedule 11 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), paragraph 16 of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), section 50(2) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32) and section 2(2) of the Aggravated Vehicle Taking Act 1992 (c. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "2014 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1963 c. 37; section 18 was amended by paragraph 40(2)(e) of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) and paragraphs 5(a) and (b) of Schedule 9 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/9; amended by S.I. 2013/472, 2015/326, 2015/838, 2015/1416, 2020/8, 2022/1370 and 2024/58. Regulation 9 was also amended by paragraphs 410(2)(a) and (b),(3), (4), (5), (6)(a) and (b) and (7) of Schedule 24(5) to the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) (subject to savings and transitional provisions specified in section 410 of and Schedule 24 Part 7 to that Act) and section 32(2) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17) (in force only in relation to the purposes set out in regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2012/762; not yet in force otherwise); there are other amendments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "1933 c. 12; section 45 was amended by section 50(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 4(1) to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4); section 46 was amended by Schedule 7 to the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the 1980 Act, paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 8 and paragraph 40(2)(a) of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), paragraph 74 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Schedule 11 there are other amendments but none is relevant."
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