Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 725
Legal Services Commission, England And Wales
The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
12th March 2008
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2008
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(2)(g) and 13(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, transitional provisions and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force—
(a) as to this regulation and regulation 2, on 6th April 2008;
(b) as to regulation 3, on 7th April 2008.
(2) An application for advice and assistance which is made before 7th April 2008 is to be dealt with as if regulation 3 had not been made.
(3) In these Regulations “the 2001 Regulations” means the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) Regulations 2001( 2 ).
Amendments to the 2001 Regulations
2. In regulation 3(2) of the 2001 Regulations—
(a) in sub-paragraph (o) omit “and”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (p) insert—
“ (q) proceedings before the Crown Court or the Court of Appeal relating to serious crime prevention orders and arising by virtue of section 19, 20, 21 or 24 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 ( 3 ) . ” .
3. In regulation 5 of the 2001 Regulations—
(a) in paragraph (3), for “£201” substitute “£209”;
(b) in paragraph (5), for “£95” substitute “£99”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
12th March 2008
1999 c.22 . “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 26. The reference to the Lord Chancellor in that section was changed to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 ( S.I. 2003/1887 ) and was changed back to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 ( S.I. 2005/3429 ).
S.I. 2001/1437 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/712 , 2004/1196 , 2005/2784 and 2007/780 .