The Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013

2.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “Unit of Work” substitute—

““Unit of Work” has the meaning given in paragraph 1.3 of the Specification to the 2017 Standard Crime Contract”, and

(b) in the definition of “2010 Standard Crime Contract”, for “2010 Standard Crime Contract”, substitute “2017 Standard Crime Contract”.

(3) In each of the following places, for “2010 Standard Crime Contract” substitute “2017 Standard Crime Contract”—

(a) regulation 8(b) (applications);

(b) regulation 11(3) (general);

(c) regulation 14 (applications), in both places it occurs;

(d) regulation 15(1)(b) (determinations);

(e) regulation 16(e)(ii) (withdrawal), and

(f) regulation 17(b) (appeal).

(1)

S. I. 2013/9, amended by S.I. 2013/2790; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.