{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/320",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 (fees of solicitors), in Part 2 of the Table of Fees (inclusive fees)—\n(a) in paragraph 4(b), omit “or diet of deferred sentence”;\n(b) after paragraph 4 insert—\n“\n4A. The fee for preparation for—\n£38.00\n£38.00\n£38.00\n(a)\na hearing under section 76 of the 1995 Act (procedure where accused decides to plead guilty);\n(b)\na hearing on a plea in bar of trial;\n(c)\na hearing raising a preliminary issue, where the preliminary issue would have the effect of excusing the accused person from trial and no other fee is prescribed for this preparation.\n”;\n(c) in paragraph 5—\n(i) for “and advice” substitute “, advice and representation”;\n(ii) in columns A and B, for “£152.00” where it occurs both times substitute “£177.00”; and\n(iii) in column C, for “£76.00” substitute “£101.00”; and\n(d) in paragraph 6—\n(i) after “hearing” insert “or a first diet”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (a) omit “or compatibility”; and\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—\n“(ab) a compatibility issue in terms of section 288ZA of the 1995 Act;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 288ZA was inserted by section 34 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/320/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:20.404855+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."
}