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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/106",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2026",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese 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”).\nRegulation 2(2) and Schedule 1 make amendments to Schedule 2 to the Remuneration Regulations by introducing a fixed ratio of 65:75:100 between guilty plea, cracked trial, and trial basic fees for all offence types; increasing the trial basic fees for offence types E, F, G, H and I within the Litigators’ Graduated Fee Scheme; and increasing certain appeals fees.\nRegulation 2(3) and Schedule 2 make amendments to Schedule 4 to the Remuneration Regulations by increasing certain appeals fees.\nThese Regulations apply to matters in which a determination under section 13, 15 or 16 of the Act is made on or after 3rd March 2026.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that the fee increases will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is produced with the Government’s response to the consultation ‘Criminal Legal Aid: proposals for solicitor fee scheme reform’, available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/criminal-legal-aid-proposals-for-solicitor-fee-scheme-reform. A hard copy of the Government’s response to the consultation can be obtained free of charge from the Criminal Legal Aid Policy Team, Legal Aid and Legal Support Directorate, Justice and Courts Policy Group, Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/106/note",
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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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