Regulation 5 Solicitors' fees for identification parades and judicial examinations

(1)

The duty solicitor or, where criminal legal aid may be provided by a solicitor other than the duty solicitor, the nominated solicitor shall be allowed, in respect of attendance at an identification parade to which section 21(4)(b) of the 1986 Act applies, fees at the following rates–

First hour of attendance - £52.25;
Each subsequent half hour - £12.70.

(2)

The duty solicitor or the nominated solicitor shall be allowed in respect of representing an accused person at a judicial examination (whether a first examination or a further examination) to which sections 20, 20A and 20B of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975(^f1) apply–

(a)

fees in accordance with the rates specified in regulation 6(1); and

(b)

fees in respect of any necessary waiting time or any other necessary work relating to the judicial examination determined in accordance with regulation 11.

(3)

Any fees allowed to a nominated solicitor under this regulation shall be in addition to any fees allowed to him under regulation 7, 8 or 9.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1975 c. 21; section 20 was amended by, and sections 20A and 20B inserted by, section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62).