art 5 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001
In paragraph 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 2— (a) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute— (1) Upon a determination the appropriate officer may, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, allow fees at more than the relevant prescribed rate specified in paragraph 1 for preparation, advocacy (other than in the Crown Court), attendance at court where more than one representative is assigned, routine letters written and routine telephone calls, in respect of offences in Class A, B, C, D, G or I in the Table of Offences at the end of Part 5 of Schedule 4. (1A) The appropriate officer may allow fees at more than the prescribed rate where it appears to him, taking into account all the relevant circumstances of the case, that— (a) the work was done with exceptional competence, skill or expertise; (b) the work was done with exceptional despatch; or (c) the case involved exceptional circumstances or complexity. (b) in sub-paragraph (4) omit “Except in proceedings to which sub-paragraph (5) applies,”; and (c) omit sub-paragraph (5).