{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-assistance-fees-and-information-etc-scotland-regulations-2008/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-assistance-fees-and-information-etc-scotland-regulations-2008/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/240",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Assistance (Fees and Information etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-assistance-fees-and-information-etc-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations relate to the different types of criminal legal assistance given by nominated and duty solicitors (where payments for the assistance come from the Scottish Legal Aid Fund).\nThey increase various fee levels and introduce fixed payments for some work (and make related provision).\nThey make provision for the obtaining by solicitors and the Scottish Legal Aid Board of information relevant to payments.\nThey make provision for payments to be withheld or recovered.\nThey make provision to allow for a single (consolidated) payment where different types of criminal legal assistance is given in relation to the same matter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/240/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:06:21.463431+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."
}