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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, Paragraph 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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2(1)Section 16 (defence costs) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)After subsection (6) insert—
“(6A)Where the court considers that there are circumstances that make it inappropriate for the accused to recover the full amount mentioned in subsection (6), a defendant's costs order must be for the payment out of central funds of such lesser amount as the court considers just and reasonable.
(6B)Subsections (6) and (6A) have effect subject to—
(a)section 16A, and
(b)regulations under section 20(1A)(d).
(6C)When making a defendant's costs order, the court must fix the amount to be paid out of central funds in the order if it considers it appropriate to do so and—
(a)the accused agrees the amount, or
(b)subsection (6A) applies.
(6D)Where the court does not fix the amount to be paid out of central funds in the order—
(a)it must describe in the order any reduction required under subsection (6A), and
(b)the amount must be fixed by means of a determination made by or on behalf of the court in accordance with procedures specified in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.”
(3)Omit subsections (7) and (9).
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