{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-amendment-regulations-1991/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/566",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "NEW SCHEDULE 1 TO BE SUBSTITUTED IN PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS",
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 1\nDESCRIPTION OF WORK AND FEES FOR CALCULATING REMUNERATION OF SOLICITORS IN THE HIGH, SHERIFF AND DISTRICT COURTS\nRegulation 7\n1.\nThe fee for—\n(a)\nany time up to the first half hour spent by a solicitor conducting a trial in court or conducting another hearing\n£26.10\n(b)\neach quarter hour (or part thereof) subsequent to the first half hour spent in so conducting a trial or other hearing\n£13.05\n2.\nThe fee for—\n(a)\neach quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs I and 3 to 5 hereof, provided that any time is additional to the total time charged for under paragraph 1 above\n£10.05\n(b)\neach quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor’s clerk in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 3 to 5 hereof\n£ 5.00\n3.\nThe fee for—\n(a)\neach citation of a witness including execution thereof;\n(b)\nframing and drawing precognitions and other necessary papers, subject to paragraph 4(c) per sheet (or part thereof);\n(c)\ninstructing messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers, including examining execution and settling fee;\n(d)\nlengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration); and\n(e)\nletters, including instructions to counsel per page (or part thereof), subject to paragraph 4(b) below;\nin each of sub-paragraphs (a)-(e)\n£5.70\n4.\nThe fee for—\n(a)\nattendance at court offices for performance of formal work including each necessary lodging in or uplifting from court or each necessary enquiry for documents due to be lodged;\n(b)\nshort letters of a formal nature, intimations and letters confirming telephone calls;\n(c)\nframing formal papers, including inventories and title pages per sheet (or part thereof);\n(d)\nrevising papers drawn by counsel or where revisal ordered by court per 5 sheets (or part thereof); and\n(e)\nshort telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration);\nin each of sub-paragraphs (a)-(e) £\n£2.30\n5.\nWhere an exceptional amount of copying proves necessary, for each sheet a fee of\n£ 0.35\nInterpretation\n6 In this Schedule—\n“court” means the High Court, the sheriff court or the district court as the case may be; and\na “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers;\na “page” shall consist of 125 words or numbers; and\n“exceptional” means the production of more than 20 output copy sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever) when a document has been copied.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/566/schedule/2",
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  },
  "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."
}