2013 No. 2830
The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1) and (1A)(b) and 29(2) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 19851.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 20132 and come into force on 27th January 2014.
Amendment to the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 19862
1
The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 19863 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 4—
a
after the definition of “costs order”, insert—
“determination of financial ineligibility”, in relation to an individual and proceedings, means a determination under section 21 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 that the individual’s financial resources are such that the individual is not eligible for representation under section 16 of that Act for the purposes of the proceedings;
“Director of Legal Aid Casework” means the civil servant designated under section 4(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 20124;
b
after the definition of “presiding judge”, insert—
;
“relevant Crown Court proceedings” means any of the following—
- a
proceedings in the Crown Court in respect of an offence for which the accused has been sent by a magistrates’ court to the Crown Court for trial;
- b
proceedings in the Crown Court relating to an offence in respect of which a bill of indictment has been preferred by virtue of section 2(2)(b) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19335;
- c
proceedings in the Crown Court following an order by the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court for a retrial.
3
In regulation 7(6)—
a
in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), omit “or”;
b
in sub-paragraph (c), for “,” substitute “; or”; and
c
after sub-paragraph (c), insert—
d
the order was made under section 16(2) of the Act and—
i
the legal costs were incurred in relevant Crown Court proceedings; and
ii
the Director of Legal Aid Casework has made a determination of financial ineligibility in relation to the accused and those proceedings,
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
(This note is not part of the Regulations)