The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 No. 220

PART 2 Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

Amendment of Schedule 1 (advocates’ graduated fee scheme)

14.  For paragraph 9(2) (scope of Part 4), substitute—

“(2) This Part does not apply where the trial is a cracked trial because—

(a) the prosecution offer no evidence on all counts against the defendant and the judge directs that a not guilty verdict be entered; or

(b) after the election by the defendant mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) there is a substantive change to a count on the indictment and the defendant pleads guilty; or

(ii) the prosecution offer no evidence on a count against the defendant and the defendant subsequently pleads guilty.”.