{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-amendment-regulations-2012/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/276",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Preparation",
  "text": "(1) In paragraph 13—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “or as the case may be junior and senior” substitute “junior and senior or junior and junior”;\n(b) omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b); and\n(c) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“; and\n(d) such a fee is not payable until the case to which it relates has concluded.”.\n(2) In paragraph 14—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a)—\n(i) after “trial” insert “or for a hearing where a fee is payable at the full rate for a trial under paragraphs 4(q) to (t) of Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 or paragraphs 3(p) to (t) of Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 3 of the Table of Fees”; and\n(ii) omit “or (e)”; and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b),\n(i) after “accepted” insert “ or where a case is deserted simpliciter or deserted and the Crown does not intend to re-raise proceedings”; and\n(ii) omit “or (e)”.\n(3) In paragraph 15—\n(a) for “total number of sheets of documentation” substitute “total number of actual sheets of documentation considered by counsel”;\n(b) after sub-paragraph (c)(iii) insert—\n“(iv) 2.5 days are allowable for each additional 2,500 sheets;”\n(c) for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—\n“(d) where the total number of sheets exceeds 7,500, 2.5 days are allowable for each additional 2,500 sheets;”\n(d) omit sub-paragraph (e);\n(e) in sub-paragraph (f)(i), omit “or the proportion of the fee allowable under sub‑paragraph (e) which is attributable to over 7,500 sheets”; and\n(f) in sub-paragraph (f)(ii) omit “or (e)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/276/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:42:38.561188+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."
}