Schedule 12 Amendments to Part 1 of schedule 3 of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996
| Criminal | Civil | Children’s | |||
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| (b) fees, as undernoted, for work other than or subsequent to that described in schedule 1B of the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999f1— | |||||
| 1. The fee for— | |||||
| (i) | any time up to the first half hour spent by a solicitor appearing in court or conducting another hearing; | £29.65 | £35.86 | £35.86 | |
| (ii) | each quarter hour (or part thereof) subsequent to the first half hour spent in court or conducting another hearing. | £14.83 | £17.96 | £17.96 | |
| 2. The fee for— | |||||
| (i) | each quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 3 to 5 of this table, provided that any time is additional to the total time charged for under paragraph 1; | £11.42 | £13.80 | £13.80 | |
| (ii) | for each quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor’s clerk in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 3 to 5 of this table. | £5.69 | £6.88 | £6.88 | |
| 3. The fee for— | £6.49 | £7.85 | £7.85 | ||
| (i) | each citation of a witness including execution thereof; | ||||
| (ii) | framing and drawing precognitions and other necessary papers, subject to paragraph 4(iii) below - per sheet (or part thereof); | ||||
| (iii) | instructing messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers, including examining execution and settling fee; | ||||
| (iv) | lengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration); and | ||||
| (v) | letters, including instructions to counsel, subject to paragraph 4(ii) below – per page (or part thereof). | ||||
| 4. The fee for— | £2.61 | £3.14 | £3.14 | ||
| (i) | attendance 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; | ||||
| (ii) | short letters of a formal nature, intimations and letters confirming telephone calls; | ||||
| (iii) | framing formal papers, including inventories and title pages - per sheet (or part thereof); | ||||
| (iv) | revising papers drawn by counsel or where revisal ordered by court – per 5 sheets (or part thereof); and | ||||
| (v) | short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration). | ||||
| 4A. The fee for each quarter of an hour (or part thereof) spent travelling— | |||||
| (a) | by a solicitor; | £5.72 | £6.91 | £6.91 | |
| (b) | by a solicitor’s clerk. | £2.85 | £3.45 | £3.45 | |
| 5. | |||||
| (a) There is no fee for photocopying— | |||||
| (i) | where fewer than 20 sheets are copied at one time; | ||||
| (ii) | in relation to the first 20 sheets copied at any one time. | ||||
| (b) | Subject to sub-paragraph (a), the fee for all photocopying in the matter in relation to which assistance by way of representation was given is— | ||||
| (i) | 5 pence for each sheet copied for up to 10,000 sheets; and | ||||
| (ii) | 1 penny per sheet for each sheet copied in addition to the first 10,000 sheets. | ||||
Annotations
Footnotes
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S.S.I. 1999/491. Schedule 1B was inserted by S.S.I. 2008/240 and relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2011/162, S.S.I. 2014/366, S.S.I. 2017/466 and S.S.I. 2019/78.