Amendments to the 2013 Regulations
4. For regulation 6 substitute—
“6.—(1) This Part applies where the Director has made a determination that an individual’s financial resources are such that the individual is eligible in accordance with section 21 of the Act (financial resources) for representation under section 16 of the Act (representation for criminal proceedings) in relation to Crown Court proceedings.
(2) In this Part “Crown Court proceedings” means criminal proceedings—
(a)in respect of an offence for which an individual may be, or has been, sent by a magistrates’ court to the Crown Court for trial;
(b)relating to an offence in respect of which a bill of indictment has been preferred by virtue of section 2(2)(b) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933(1); or
(c)which are to be heard in the Crown Court following an order by the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court for a retrial.”
1933 c. 36. Section 2(2)(b) was amended by section 5 and Schedule 2 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1964 c. 43, section 152(1) and Schedule 5 of the Senior Court Act 1981 c. 54 and section 31(6) and Schedule 2 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23).