The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013
UK Statutory Instrument 2013 No. 435 — creates 2 criminal offences.
- Made
- 26 February 2013
- In force from
- 1 April 2013
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
- Made under
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations make provisions for the funding and remuneration of advice, assistance and representation made available under sections 13, 15 and 16 of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Regulations 4 to 27 deal with the manner in which fees are to be claimed, determined and paid including provisions permitting interim payments and payments for expert services. Regulations 28 to 30 provide for an appeal mechanism to challenge, in certain circumstances, the appropriate officer’s determination of the fees payable to a representative. The provisions deal with the redetermination of fees by an appropriate officer, appeals from the appropriate officer to a Costs Judge and appeals from the Costs Judge to the High Court. Schedule 1 sets out the graduated fees and fixed fees payable to advocates for proceedings in the Crown Court. Schedule 2 sets out the fees payable to solicitors (and other appropriately qualified persons) for proceedings in the Crown Court. Schedule 3 sets out the manner in which fees are to be claimed, determined and paid in proceedings in the Court of Appeal. Schedule 4 sets out the rates payable for proceedings in a magistrates’ court and certain other work to which the 2010 Standard Crime Contract applies. Schedule 5 sets out the fees and rates payable to experts. A copy of the 2010 Standard Crime Contract, including the Specification to the Contract, is available at www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office), 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ. A copy of the Guidance accompanying the 2010 Standard Crime Contract is available at www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid/submit-claim/cwa-online-claims/codes-guidance. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (address as above).
Offences created by this instrument
- For the purposes of this Schedule— a every indictable offence falls within the Class under which it is listed in the… paragraph 3(1) of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- b conspiracy to commit an indictable offence contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (the offence of… paragraph 3(1)(b) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability
What Parliament said about it
Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Criminal Legal Aid Solicitor Fees Consultation: Government Response
Commons · Written Statements · 1 December 2025 · The Minister for Courts and Legal Services (Sarah Sackman)
Today I am laying before Parliament the Government’s response to the consultation “Criminal Legal Aid: proposals for solicitor fee scheme reform”. Criminal legal aid lawyers play a crucial role in our justice system, taking on some of the most complex cases that go through our courts and ensuring the most vulnerable people in society can access justice. The consultation invited responses to fee scheme proposals that would allocate an additional £92 million per annum investment once fully implemented. The consultation paper was published on 9 May 2025, with proposals that covered work carried…
How Parliament handled it
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- Other instruments from 2013