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(1)This section applies to proceedings by way of a trial by or before a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court or on an appeal to the Crown Court against a person’s conviction.
(2)The factors to be taken into account by a competent authority in determining whether it is in the interests of justice that representation be granted for the purposes of proceedings to which this section applies to an accused shall include the following—
(a)the offence is such that if proved it is likely that the court would impose a sentence which would deprive the accused of his liberty or lead to loss of his livelihood or serious damage to his reputation;
(b)the determination of the case may involve consideration of a substantial question of law;
(c)the accused may be unable to understand the proceedings or to state his own case because of his inadequate knowledge of English, mental illness or other mental or physical disability;
(d)the nature of the defence is such as to involve the tracing and interviewing of witnesses or expert cross-examination of a witness for the prosecution;
(e)it is in the interests of someone other than the accused that the accused be represented.
(3)The Lord Chancellor may, by order, vary the factors listed in subsection (2) above by amending factors in the list or by adding new factors to the list.
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