67In section 20 of the 1988 Act (authorities competent to grant criminal legal aid), in subsection (4), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(aa)which proceeds with a view to transferring proceedings to the Crown Court for trial,”.
68In section 21 of the 1988 Act (availability of criminal legal aid)—
(a)in subsection (3)(a), for the words from “a person” to “his” there shall be substituted the words “proceedings against a person who is charged with murder are transferred to the Crown Court for trial, for that person's”; and
(b)in subsection (4), for the word “commits” there shall be substituted the words “transfers the proceedings against”.
69(1)Schedule 3 to the 1988 Act (enforcement of contribution orders) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 1(b)—
(a)for the words from “who” to “by a magistrates' court)” there shall be substituted the words “against whom proceedings were transferred for trial or who was committed for sentence”; and
(b)for the words “committed him” there shall be substituted the words “transferred the proceedings against him or committed him for sentence”.
(3)In paragraph 9(b), for sub-subparagraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-subparagraph—
“(i)in the proceedings against the legally assisted person being transferred to the Crown Court for trial or in the legally assisted person being committed to the Crown Court for sentence, or”.
(4)In paragraph 10(2)(b), for sub-subparagraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-subparagraph—
“(i)in the proceedings against the legally assisted person being transferred to the Crown Court for trial or in the legally assisted person being committed to the Crown Court for sentence, or”.