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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-and-advice-and-assistance-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2021/schedule-13",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2021/56",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-and-advice-and-assistance-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/13",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Amendments to Part 2 of schedule 3 of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "text": "Criminal\nCivil\nChildren\nA.\nTime occupied in carrying out work for the client other than work described in paragraphs B to E below—\n(i)\nSolicitor – per quarter hour (or part thereof);\n£12.55\n£13.80\n£13.80\n(ii)\nSolicitor’s clerk – per quarter hour (or part thereof).\n£6.25\n£6.88\n£6.88\nB.\nFor short letters of a formal nature, short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration), framing formal documents such as inventories and engrossing formal documents for signature – per sheet (or part thereof).\n£2.86\n£3.14\n£3.14\nC.\nFor letters other than B above – per page (or part thereof), framing non-formal documents other than precognitions – per sheet of 250 words (or part thereof) and lengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration).\n£7.14\n£7.85\n£7.85\nD.\nFor taking and drawing precognitions – for the first sheet of 250 words or less.\n£25.05\n£27.59\n£27.59\nfor each subsequent sheet of 250 words.\n£25.05\n£27.59\n£27.59\nfor each subsequent sheet of less than 250 words.\n£12.55\n£13.80\n£13.80\nDA.\nThe fee for each quarter of an hour (or part thereof) spent travelling—\n(a)\nby a solicitor;\n£6.28\n£6.91\n£6.91\n(b)\nby a solicitor’s clerk.\n£3.13\n£3.45\n£3.45\nE.\n(a)\nThere is no fee for photocopying—\n(i)\nwhere fewer than 20 sheets are copied at one time;\n(ii)\nin relation to the first 20 sheets copied at any one time.\n(b)\nSubject to sub-paragraph (a), the fee for all photocopying in the matter is—\n(i)\n5 pence for each sheet copied for up to 10,000 sheets; and\n(ii)\n1 penny per sheet for each sheet copied in addition to the first 10,000 sheets.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/56/schedule/13",
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  "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."
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