Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Exceptions: courts E+W

1 E+W Advocacy in proceedings in the Supreme Court.

2 E+W Advocacy in proceedings in the Court of Appeal.

3 E+W Advocacy in proceedings in the High Court.

4 E+W Advocacy in proceedings in the Court of Protection to the extent that they concern—

(a) a person's right to life,

(b) a person's liberty or physical safety,

(c) a person's medical treatment (within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983),

(d) a person's capacity to marry, to enter into a civil partnership or to enter into sexual relations, or

(e) a person's right to family life.

5 E+W Advocacy in proceedings in [F1 the county court].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 5 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c)

[F2 5A. E+W Advocacy in proceedings in the family court.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 5A inserted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 26(a)

6 E+W Advocacy in the following proceedings in the Crown Court—

(a) proceedings for the variation or discharge of an order under section 5 or 5A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, F3 ...

[F4 (aa) proceedings on an appeal under section 10(1)(b) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(1) against the making of a parenting order where an injunction is granted under section 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014,]

(b) proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in relation to matters listed in paragraph 40 of Part 1 of this Schedule.

[F5 (c) proceedings on an appeal under section 46B of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, F6 ...

(d) proceedings on an appeal under section 15 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014][F7 and

(e) proceedings for the variation or discharge of an order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 6(a) omitted (16.12.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Advocacy Exceptions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3305), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)

F4 Sch.1 Pt. 3 para. 6(aa) inserted (16.12.2014) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Advocacy Exceptions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3305), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)

F5 Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 6(c)(d) inserted (16.12.2014) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Advocacy Exceptions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3305), arts. 1, 2(2)(c)

F6 Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 6(c) repealed (17.7.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), Sch. 4 para. 88(2)(a); S.I. 2015/1428, art 2(c)(v)

F7 Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 6(e) and word inserted (17.7.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), Sch. 4 para. 88(2)(b); S.I. 2015/1428, art 2(c)(v)

7 E+W Advocacy in a magistrates' court that falls within the description of civil legal services in any of [F8 the following provisions of Part 1 of this Schedule—

(a) paragraph 1(1)(e)

(b) paragraph 1(2) so far as relating to paragraph (1)(1)(e), and

(c) paragraphs 11(2), 12, 13(1)(e), 15[F9 , 17 (1)(a) and (b), 36 and 38].]

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 7 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 26(b)

F9 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 7(c) substituted (16.12.2014) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Advocacy Exceptions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3305), arts. 1, 2(3)

8 E+W Advocacy in the following proceedings in a magistrates' court—

F10 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) proceedings in relation to—

(i) bail under Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, or

(ii) arrest under Schedule 2 or 3 to that Act,

(c) proceedings for the variation or discharge of an order under section 5 or 5A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, F11 ...

(d) proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in relation to matters listed in paragraph 40 of Part 1 of this Schedule [F12 ; and

(e) proceedings for the variation or discharge of an order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.]

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 8(a) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 290(c)

F11 Word in Sch.1 Pt. 3 para. 8(c) omitted (17.7.2015) by virtue of Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), Sch. 4 para. 88(3)(b); S.I. 2015/1428, art. 2(c)(v)

F12 Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 8(e) and word inserted (17.7.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), Sch. 4 para. 88(3)(b); S.I. 2015/1428, art. 2(c)(v)