{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "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",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 12 (payment for Assigned Counsel)—\n(a) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—\n“(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to the fees payable to Assigned Counsel for representation in the High Court, the family court or a county court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act.”;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (3) and the table following sub-paragraph (3), substitute—\n“(3) The fees payable to Assigned Counsel for representation in a magistrates’ court or youth court or in the High Court on an appeal by way of case stated are subject to the limits specified in the table following this paragraph.\nPayment for Assigned Counsel for representation in a magistrates’ court or youth court or in the High Court on an appeal by way of case stated\nJunior Counsel (£)\nKing’s Counsel (£)\nBasic fee for preparation, including for a pretrial review and, where appropriate, the first day’s hearing including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation)\nMaximum amount 540.16\nMaximum amount 5,130.84\nRefresher daily fee (for any day or part of a day during which a hearing continued, including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation))\nMaximum amount 185.96\nMaximum amount 342.83\nSubsidiary fees\nAttendance at consultations, conferences and views not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee\n33.76 per hour - minimum amount 16.76\n62.91 per hour - minimum amount 32.32\nWritten work (on evidence, plea, appeal, cases stated or other written work).\nMaximum amount 59.17\nMaximum amount 121.20\nAttendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances (including bail applications and adjournments for sentence) not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee\nMaximum amount 108.52\nMaximum amount 236.63\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/106/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:30.459490+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."
}