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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Legal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1Amendments

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

47(1)Section 50 (early administrative hearings) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2)—

(a)after “this section” insert

(a)”, and

(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).