Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Amounts payable in connection with criminal legal aid

1 (1) This Schedule makes provision about the recovery of—

(a) an amount payable in connection with the provision of criminal legal aid which is unpaid after the time when it is required to be paid under section 23,

(b) interest in respect of such an amount which is required to be paid under that section, and

(c) an amount required to be paid under section 24 in respect of costs incurred in connection with the enforcement of an obligation to pay an amount or interest described in paragraph (a) or (b).

(2) Such amounts and interest are referred to in this Schedule as “relevant overdue amounts”.

(3) In this Schedule “criminal legal aid” means—

(a) advice and assistance required to be made available under section 13 or 15, and

(b) representation required to be made available made under section 16.