The Criminal Defence Service (Recovery of Defence Costs Orders) Regulations 2001

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations:

“the Act” means the Access to Justice Act 1999;

“appropriate officer” means:

• in the case of the Crown Court, the court manager; and

• in the case of the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords, the registrar of criminal appeals

and, in either case, includes an officer designated by him to act on his behalf in that regard;

“the Commission”means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Act;

“the Criminal Defence Service” means the Criminal Defence Service established under section 12 of the Act;

“funded defendant” means an individual who has received representation in respect of criminal proceedings before any court which is funded by the Commission or the Lord Chancellor as part of the Criminal Defence Service; and

“representation order” means a document granting a right to representation, and includes any other representation order under which representation has been provided for the funded defendant in the same proceedings.