The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 1184

Legal Services Commission, England And Wales

The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made

5th April 2010

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of, and paragraph 6(2)(f), (3)(d) and (4) of Schedule 3 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999(1).

The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have agreed to the making of these Regulations in accordance with paragraph 6(3)(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act.

A draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 25(9) of that Act.

(1)

1999 c. 22. Section 26, which was amended by section 2(6) of the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 (c. 9), contains definitions of “regulations”, “relevant authority” and “prescribed”. The reference to the Lord Chancellor in the definition of “regulations” was changed to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2003/1887 and changed back to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 2005/3429. Paragraph 6 in Schedule 3 was inserted by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) and amended by section 151 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).