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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Work conducted outside the Police Station",
  "text": "(1) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for free standing Advice and Assistance conducted outside the Police Station are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph and this Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £314.81.\nFree standing Advice and Assistance\nLondon (£)\nNational (£)\nRoutine letters written and routine telephone calls per item\n4.04\n3.89\nPreparation hourly rate\n52.15\n49.22\nTravel and waiting hourly rate\n27.60\n27.6\n(2) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for Advocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention are specified in Tables A and B following this sub-paragraph and this Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £1,574.06.\nTable A\nAdvocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – magistrates’ court or judicial authority\nLondon (£)\nNational (£)\nRoutine letters written and telephone calls (per item)\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n4.04\n3.89\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n5.35\n5.14\nPreparation hourly rate\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n52.15\n49.22\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n69.58\n65.58\nAdvocacy hourly rate\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n61.92\n61.92\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n82.54\n82.54\nTravel and waiting hourly rate\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n27.60\n27.60\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n36.78\n36.78\nTable B\nAdvocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – High Court or a senior judge\nLondon (£)\nNational (£)\nRoutine letter out per item\n7.87\n7.87\nRoutine telephone calls per item\n4.36\n4.36\nAll other preparation work hourly rate\n83.42\n78.71\nAttending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment, hourly rate\n38.82\n38.82\nAttending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or application at court, or other appointment, hourly rate\n78.71\n78.71\nTravelling and waiting, hourly rate\n34.89\n34.89\n(3) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for Advocacy Assistance in armed forces custody hearings are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph and this Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £1,574.06.\nAdvocacy Assistance for armed forces custody hearings\nLondon (£)\nNational (£)\nRoutine letters written and telephone calls (per item)\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n4.04\n3.89\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n5.35\n5.14\nPreparation hourly rate\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n52.15\n49.22\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n69.58\n65.58\nAdvocacy hourly rate\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n61.92\n61.92\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n82.54\n82.54\nTravel and waiting hourly rate\nOwn Solicitor and Duty Solicitor\n27.60\n27.60\nDuty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)\n36.78\n36.78\n(4) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for Advocacy Assistance in magistrates’ courts in connection with an application relating to police bail are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph and this Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £1,574.06.\nAdvocacy Assistance in magistrates’ courts in connection with an application relating to police bail\nLondon (£)\nNational (£)\nRoutine letters written and telephone calls per item\n4.26\n4.09\nPreparation hourly rate\n55.14\n52.15\nAdvocacy hourly rate\n65.42\n65.42\nTravelling and waiting hourly rate\n27.60\n27.60\n(5) The Upper Limits prescribed in this paragraph may be extended upon application in accordance with the 2025 Standard Crime Contract.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3(1) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(2) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3(1) table substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(3) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3(2) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(4) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3(2) Tables A, B substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(5) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3(3) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(6) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3(3) table substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(7) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(4) substituted (1.4.2017) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/311), regs. 1, 3(5)(c)(i) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3(4) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(8) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3(4) table substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(9) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3(5) inserted (22.12.2025) by The Criminal Legal Aid (General and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1251), reg. 2(1), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:58.309346+00:00"
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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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