The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999

Fixed payments allowable to solicitors

4.—(1) There shall be made to a solicitor who provides relevant criminal legal aid in summary proceedings, in respect of the professional services provided by him and the outlays specified in paragraph (2) below, and in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, the fixed payments specified in Schedule 1.

(2) The outlays specified in this paragraph are all outlays in connection with–

(a) the taking, drawing, framing and perusal of precognitions;

(b) the undertaking by another solicitor of any part of the work; and

(c) photocopying.

(3) Except where proceedings have been brought under section 185 of the 1995 Act, the reference to summary proceedings in paragraph (1) above is a reference to proceedings on a single summary complaint or on complaints which arise out of the same incident.

(4) Where in such proceedings a solicitor acts for more than one assisted person a separate fixed payment shall be made to him in respect of each such assisted person, in accordance with paragraph (5) below.

(5) Where a solicitor represents 2 or more assisted persons he shall be paid in respect of the first assisted person 100% of such of the fixed payments specified in Schedule 1 as are appropriate to that assisted person, in respect of a second assisted person 40% of the appropriate fixed payments, and in respect of a third and each subsequent assisted person 20% of those payments.

(6) Where a solicitor represents an assisted person who has been remanded in custody at or subsequent to the first calling of the case and that assisted person is at any time during that remand under 21 years of age the fixed payment specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 shall be increased by £100.

(7) Where the Board grants an application for a change of solicitor under regulation 17(3) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996 there shall be paid to each of the solicitors who act for the assisted person in the relevant proceedings an equal part of the total amount payable in respect of those proceedings by virtue of paragraph (1) above and for the purposes of calculating that total amount paragraph (5) shall not apply.

(8) Where the work done by a solicitor constitutes a supply of services in respect of which value added tax is chargeable, there may be added to the amount of payments allowed to the solicitor an amount equal to the amount of value added tax chargeable.