The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026

Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. 2013/435 ). Schedule 1 sets out the graduated, fixed and miscellaneous fees payable to advocates for proceedings in the Crown Court.

Regulation 2 reduces the length of time that a trial must last before an advocate is eligible to apply for a wasted preparation fee, from five to two days. It also allows the additional preparation fee to be claimed where there is a guilty plea and it increases that fee from £62 to £81.

Regulation 3 provides that the amendments made by regulation 2 apply to cases in which a determination in relation to representation for criminal proceedings is made on or after 28th July 2026.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.