SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Legal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1Amendments

47Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

1

Section 50 (early administrative hearings) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (2)—

a

after “this section” insert

—

a

b

for the words from “to be granted” to the end substitute

to be provided with representation for the purposes of the proceedings under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and

b

if he indicates that he does, the necessary arrangements must be made for him to apply for it and, where appropriate, obtain it.

3

Omit subsection (2A).