EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1174), which provides for the funding and remuneration of services provided under Part 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 as part of the Criminal Defence Service. It increases the maximum payments which the Legal Services Commission may make in very high cost criminal cases in which an advocate is instructed who is not a member of a panel for such cases.
A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument and is available from Criminal Legal Aid Strategy Division, Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.