This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2009/2876 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 1848
Legal Services Commission, England And Wales
The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Made
19th July 2010
Laid before Parliament
20th July 2010
Coming into force
11th August 2010
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Access to Justice Act 1999( 1 ):
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 11th August 2010.
(2) These Regulations apply to grants of representation orders made on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(3) In these Regulations, “the 2001 Regulations” means the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) Regulations 2001( 2 ).
Amendments to the 2001 Regulations
2. For regulation 7 of the 2001 Regulations and its heading substitute—
“ Power of the High Court and the Court of Appeal to grant representation
7. —(1) The High Court or a judge of that Court may grant a representation order in respect of criminal proceedings in the High Court or the Supreme Court, whether or not an application has been made for such an order.
(2) The Court of Appeal, a judge of that Court, the head of the Civil Appeals Office or the Registrar of Criminal Appeals may grant a representation order in respect of criminal proceedings in the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court, whether or not an application has been made for such an order. ” .
3. In regulation 9A of the 2001 Regulations after paragraph (1) insert the following:
“ (1A) Except where regulation 6(3) applies, an application for a representation order in respect of proceedings in the Supreme Court may be made in accordance with paragraph (1)(c) above. ”
4. In the heading to regulation 10 of the 2001 Regulations for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”.
5. In regulation 13(1) of the 2001 Regulations after “in regulation 3(2)),” insert “the High Court, the”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
J Djanogly
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
19th July 2010
1999 c. 22 . Section 26 defines “regulations” as regulations made by the Lord Chancellor. The reference to the Lord Chancellor was changed to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2003/1887 and changed back to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 2005/3429 . There are amendments to Schedule 3 of the 1999 Act but none are relevant.
S.I. 2001/1437 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/712 , 2006/2490 , 2007/2936 , 2007/3550 , 2009/2468 , 2009/2876 and 2010/22 .