Amendment of Schedule 1 (advocates’ graduated fee scheme)
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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.”.