{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-3A.json",
  "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/3A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": "Advice and Assistance for Pre-Charge Engagement",
  "text": "(1) The hourly rates for advice and assistance for Pre-Charge Engagement are—\n(a) £58.97 in London;\n(b) £54.57 outside London.\n(2) This Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £314.81.\n(3) The Upper Limit prescribed in this paragraph may be extended upon application in accordance with the 2025 Standard Crime Contract.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3A inserted (7.6.2021) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/497), regs. 1(1), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3A(1)(a) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 5(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": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3A(1)(b) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 5(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": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3A(2) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 5(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": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3A(3) 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. 3 (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/435/schedule/4/paragraph/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:58.309346+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."
}