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8.—(1) Section 50 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(1) (early administrative hearings) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) At a hearing conducted by a single justice under this section the accused shall be asked whether he wishes to be granted a right to representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service.
(2A) Where the accused wishes to be granted such a right, the Legal Services Commission shall decide whether or not to grant him that right.”
(3) After subsection (4) insert—
“(4A) A hearing conducted by a single justice under this section may be—
(a)adjourned to enable the decision mentioned in subsection (2A) above to be taken, and
(b)subsequently resumed by a single justice.”
1998 c.37. Section 50(2) was amended by paragraphs 53 and 54 of Schedule 4 to the Access to Justice Act 1999.
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