The Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

3.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(5) (scope), omit “9,”.

(3) After regulation 3(5), insert—

“(5A) Regulation 9 applies to proceedings in magistrates’ courts, to proceedings in the Crown Court and to proceedings in the Court of Appeal.”.

(4) In regulation 8 (claims for fees for certain categories of work to which the Standard Crime Contract applies), in both places it occurs, for “2010 Standard Crime Contract”, substitute “2017 Standard Crime Contract”.

(5) In Schedule 4 (Rates payable for the claims specified in Regulation 8)—

(a) in paragraph 1(a) (interpretation of this Schedule), for “2010 Standard Crime Contract”, substitute “2017 Standard Crime Contract”;

(b) in paragraph 2(8) (work conducted at the Police Station: Police Station advice and assistance), for “2010 Standard Crime Contract”, substitute “2017 Standard Crime Contract”;

(c) in paragraph 3(4) (work conducted outside the Police Station)—

(i) for the words from “the magistrates’ court” to “bail conditions”, substitute “magistrates’ courts in connection with an application relating to police bail”;

(ii) for the heading of the table, substitute “Advocacy Assistance in magistrates’ courts in connection with an application relating to police bail”, and

(d) in paragraph 7(2) (representation in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act), after “sub-paragraph”, insert “and this Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £1,368.75.”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/435. Relevant amending instruments are: S.I. 2013/2803, 2015/325, 2015/1416 and 2016/313; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant.