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2012 No. 1343

Legal Services Commission, England And Wales

The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2012

Made

17th May 2012

Laid before Parliament

22nd May 2012

Coming into force

18th June 2012

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(3) and 25(8A) of the Access to Justice Act 1999( 1 ).

The Lord Chancellor has consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society in accordance with section 25(2) of that Act and has had regard to the matters specified in section 25(3) of that Act.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2012 and comes into force on 18th June 2012.

(2) This Order applies to proceedings in which a representation order is granted on or after 18 th June 2012.

Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007

2.The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007( 2 ) is amended as follows.

3. In article 6(2), after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”.

4. In article 12—

(a) for the heading, substitute “Cases sent for trial to the Crown Court”;

(b) in paragraph (1), omit “under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998( 3 ) (no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences)”.

5. In article 14(1), after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”.

6. In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (4A)(a), after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (5A)(a), after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (7)(a), omit “under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences)”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (8), for “under the provisions” substitute “as”.

7. In paragraph 5A of Schedule 1—

(a) For “This Part” substitute “Subject to paragraph 18, this Part”;

(b) after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”.

8. In paragraph 7A of Schedule 1, after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”.

9. In paragraph 18 of Schedule 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), omit “under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences)”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (4A)(b) substitute—

(b) the case is remitted to the magistrates’ court in accordance with paragraph 10(3)(a), 13(2) or 15(3)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, ;

(c) in sub-paragraph (6)(b)—

(i) omit “the charge, or charges, of an offence triable only on indictment are dismissed and”;

(ii) after “paragraph 10(3)(a)” insert “, 13(2) or 15(3)(a)”.

10. In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), omit “under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “under the provisions” substitute “as”.

11. In paragraph 3A of Schedule 2—

(a) For “This Part” substitute “Subject to paragraph 16, this Part”;

(b) after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”.

12. In paragraph 8A of Schedule 2, after “committed” insert “or sent for trial”.

13. In paragraph 15(1)(a) of Schedule 2, for “a documentary or pictorial exhibit is served by the prosecution in electronic form where” substitute “where a documentary or pictorial exhibit is served by the prosecution in electronic form and”.

14. In paragraph 16 of Schedule 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), omit “under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences)”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (4)(b) substitute—

(b) the case is remitted to the magistrates’ court in accordance with paragraph 10(3)(a), 13(2) or 15(3)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, ;

(c) in sub-paragraph (6)(b)—

(i) omit “the assisted person is charged on an indictment which includes no offence that is triable only on indictment, and”;

(ii) after “paragraph 10(3)(a)” insert “, 13(2) or 15(3)(a)”.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

J Djanogly

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

17th May 2012

( 1 )

1999 c. 22 . The reference in section 6 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 . Section 25(8A) was inserted by section 153 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) .

( 3 )

1998 c.37 .

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