SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Legal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1Amendments

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

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The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows.

47

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).

48

In section 51B(6)(b) (effect of notice given under section 51B in serious or complex fraud cases) for “paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Access to Justice Act 1999” substitute “ regulations under section 19 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.

49

In section 52A(7) (matters to which reporting restrictions do not apply) for paragraph (h) substitute—

h

whether, for the purposes of the proceedings, representation was provided to the accused or any of the accused under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

50

In paragraph 3(8) of Schedule 3 (matters to which reporting restrictions do not apply) for paragraph (g) substitute—

g

whether, for the purposes of the proceedings, representation was provided to the accused or any of the accused under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.