1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Criminal proceedings

  3. PART II APPLICATIONS FOR REPRESENTATION ORDERS

    1. 4.Representation order

    2. 5.General power to grant representation

    3. 6.Proceedings in a magistrates' court

    4. 7.Proceedings in the Crown Court

    5. 8.Proceedings in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and the House of Lords

  4. PART III SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE

    1. 9.Representation in magistrates' courts and some Crown Court proceedings

    2. 10.Advocates in magistrates' courts

    3. 11.Representation in the Crown Court, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and House of Lords

    4. 12.Advocates in the Crown Court, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and House of Lords

    5. 13.The court may grant a representation order for representation by...

    6. 14.Change of representative

  5. PART IV WITHDRAWAL OF REPRESENTATION

    1. 15.(1) The court before which the proceedings are heard, or,...

  6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 16.Transfer of documents

    2. 17.Authorisation of expenditure

    3. 18.A representative assigned to an assisted person in any proceedings...

    4. 19.(1) No question as to the propriety of any step,...

    5. 20.Restriction on payment

    6. 21.Notification of very high cost cases

    7. 22.Duty to report abuse

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

  9. Explanatory Note