The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2012

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 750

Legal Services Commission, England And Wales

The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2012

Made

7th March 2012

Laid before Parliament

9th March 2012

Coming into force

1st April 2012

The Lord Chancellor makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(3) and 25(8A) of the Access to Justice Act 1999(1).

The Lord Chancellor has consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society in accordance with section 25(2) of that Act and has had regard to the matters specified in section 25(3) of that Act.

(1)

1999 c.22. The reference in section 6 to the Lord Chancellor was changed to the Secretary of State by S.I.2003/1887 and changed back to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 2005/3429. Section 25(8A) was inserted by section 153 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c.25).