The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Regulation 6(3)

SCHEDULE 13 Amendments to Part 2 of schedule 3 of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996

					Criminal	Civil	Children
A.	Time occupied in carrying out work for the client other than work described in paragraphs B to E below—
	(i)	Solicitor – per quarter hour (or part thereof);			£12.55	£13.80	£13.80
	(ii)	Solicitor’s clerk – per quarter hour (or part thereof).			£6.25	£6.88	£6.88
B.	For 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).				£2.86	£3.14	£3.14
C.	For 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).				£7.14	£7.85	£7.85
D.	For taking and drawing precognitions – for the first sheet of 250 words or less.				£25.05	£27.59	£27.59
	for each subsequent sheet of 250 words.				£25.05	£27.59	£27.59
	for each subsequent sheet of less than 250 words.				£12.55	£13.80	£13.80
DA.	The fee for each quarter of an hour (or part thereof) spent travelling—
	(a)		by a solicitor;		£6.28	£6.91	£6.91
	(b)		by a solicitor’s clerk.		£3.13	£3.45	£3.45
E.	(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 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.