The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2015

Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

9.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 5 (insertion of new Part 1A), in new paragraph 3A(2) (scope) to be inserted in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations omit “committed or”.

(3) In Schedule 9 (substitution for paragraph 21(2) to (6)), in new paragraph 21(2) to (5) to be substituted in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations—

(a) in sub-paragraph (3)—

(i) in paragraph (b), for “a relevant application for dismissal” substitute “an application for dismissal under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (procedure where persons are sent for trial under section 51 applications for dismissal)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (c), for “a relevant hearing” substitute “or before the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea”, and

(b) omit sub-paragraph (5).

(4) In Schedule 10 (substitution for paragraph 23(2)), in new paragraph 23(2)(a) and (b) to be substituted in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations, for “plea and case management hearing” substitute “first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea”.

(5) In Schedule 13 (substitution for paragraph 5(2)), in the table following new paragraph 5(2) to be substituted in Schedule 4 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations, omit the entry for “Category 3”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/1369.