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15.—(1) The total amount payable under any income contribution order must not exceed the amount specified in paragraph (3) as the maximum amount for the class within which the offence with which the individual is charged falls (regardless of the classification of the offences charged in the indictment).
(2) The classes and offences which fall within them are listed in the Table of Offences in Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013(1).
(3) The specified maximum amounts for the classes in the Table of Offences are—
(a)Class A: Homicide and related grave offences– £185,806;
(b)Class B: Offences involving serious violence or damage, and serious drugs offences–£29,453;
(c)Class C: Lesser offences involving violence or damage, and less serious drugs offences– £7,970;
(d)Class D: Sexual offences and offences against children– £13,776;
(e)Class E: Burglary etc.– £6,731;
(f)Class F: Other offences of dishonesty (specified offences and offences where the value is £30,000 or less)– £6,754;
(g)Class G: Other offences of dishonesty (specified offences and offences where the value involved exceeds £30,000 but does not exceed £100,000)– £117,368;
(h)Class H: Miscellaneous other offences– £7,427;
(i)Class I: Offences against public justice and similar offences– £28,023;
(j)Class J: Serious sexual offences– £17,892;
(k)Class K: Other offences of dishonesty (high value) (where the value involved exceeds £100,000)– £153,039.
(4) Where an individual is charged with—
(a)an offence falling in more than one class; or
(b)more than one offence falling in more than one class,
the relevant class is that for which the specified maximum amount is the higher or highest.
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