{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2302",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After paragraph 4(9) of Schedule 1 Part II, there shall be inserted the following new sub-paragraph—\n“(9A) Where a solicitor prepares a case with a view to counsel appearing at the substantive hearing without the solicitor attending court, the standard preparation fee payable (including any increase made in that fee by virtue of sub-paragraph (8)(a) or (9)) shall be further increased by £23·00 (or by £24·50 for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2302/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:51:41.590541+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."
}