Payment of fees to advocates – Crown Court
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23.—(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.
(3) Where the payment of any fees of an instructed advocate is ordered under regulation 29(12) or regulation 30(8), the appropriate officer must authorise payment.