This is a draft item of legislation and has not yet been made as a UK Statutory Instrument.
2. In regulation 2—
(a)after the definition of “representation order” insert—
““the Specialist Fraud Panel” means the panel of solicitors determined by the Commission as those suitable to deal with very high cost fraud cases;”;
(b)in the definition of “Very High Cost Case”, after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“and any question as to whether the case fulfils either of the criteria in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall be determined by the Commission; and”;
(c)after the definition of “Very High Cost Case” insert—
““very high cost fraud case” means a Very High Cost Case with regard to which the offence with which the defendant is charged is primarily or substantially founded on allegations of fraud or other serious financial impropriety, or involves complex financial transactions.”.
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