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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-regulations-1988/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-regulations-1988/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/423",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-regulations-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations consolidate the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1982, as amended, (which are revoked subject to the provisions of regulation 1(3)) and provide for the determination of the costs which may be paid to the legal representatives of a person given legal aid under Part II of the Legal Aid Act 1974 (legal aid in criminal proceedings and proceedings relating to children and young persons).\nRegulations 5 and 6 provide for the determination of solicitors' fees and hourly rates are prescribed together with (in Schedule 1 Part II) a system of standard fees. Regulations 8 and 9 provide for the determination of counsel’s fees and scales of payment are prescribed together with a system of standard fees for certain items of work done by junior counsel in the Crown Court. Regulations 12 to 14 and paragraphs 6 to 8 of Schedule 1 Part II provide for the redetermination of fees and for appeals.\nThese Regulations increase the rates of remuneration previously payable under the 1982 Regulations with an overall increase of 5.2 per cent for work done by counsel and 5.4 per cent for work done by solicitors. An additional 2 per cent overall increase is made to the London rates prescribed in respect of some items of work done by solicitors whose offices are situated within a London borough.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/423/note",
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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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