Payment of fees to advocates – Crown Court23
1
Having determined the fees payable to each instructed advocate, in accordance with Schedule 1, the appropriate officer must notify each instructed advocate of the fees payable and authorise payment accordingly.
2
Where, as a result of any redetermination or appeal made or brought pursuant to regulations 28 to 30, the fees payable under paragraph (1) are altered—
a
if they are increased, the appropriate officer must authorise payment of the increase; or
b
if they are decreased, the instructed advocate must repay the amount of such decrease.