Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)

SCHEDULES

Valid from 01/04/2013

SCHEDULE 5 E+W Legal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1 E+W Amendments

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) E+W

52 E+W The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended as follows.

53 (1) Section 83(3) (exception to restriction on imposition of custodial sentence on persons not legally represented) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In paragraph (a)—

(a) for the words from the beginning to “but the right” substitute “ representation was made available to him for the purposes of the proceedings under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 but ”, and

(b) for “to be granted such a right” substitute “ for such representation ”.

(3) In paragraph (aa) for “to be granted a right to it” substitute “ for such representation ”.

54 E+W In section 155(8) (alteration of Crown Court sentence) for “under section 17(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999” substitute “ relating to a requirement to make a payment under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.