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Paragraph 17 Fees for contempt proceedings

(1)

This paragraph applies to proceedings referred to in section 14(g) of the Act in the Crown Court.

(2)

Where, in proceedings to which this paragraph applies, the contempt is alleged to have been committed by a person other than a defendant in a case to which this Schedule applies, remuneration for litigators must be at the rate set out in the table following paragraph 19.

(3)

Where, in proceedings to which this paragraph applies, the contempt is alleged to have been committed by the defendant in a case to which this Schedule applies, all work undertaken by the litigator is included within—

(a)

the fee payable under Part 2 of this Schedule, or

(b)

in proceedings under paragraph 15 or paragraph 18, the fixed fee set out in the table following paragraph 19.