SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Criminal Defence Service: right to representation

F1Individuals to whom right may be provisionally granted

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Amendments (Textual)

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1

Regulations may provide that, in prescribed circumstances, and subject to any prescribed conditions, a right to representation may be provisionally granted to an individual where—

a

the individual is involved in an investigation which may result in criminal proceedings, and

b

the right is so granted for the purposes of criminal proceedings that may result from the investigation.

2

Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may, in particular, make provision about—

a

the stage in an investigation at which a right to representation may be provisionally granted;

b

the circumstances in which a right which has been so granted—

i

is to become, or be treated as if it were, a right to representation under paragraph 1, or

ii

is to be, or may be, withdrawn.