SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Legal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1Amendments

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

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1

Section 83(3) (exception to restriction on imposition of custodial sentence on persons not legally represented) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (a)—

a

for the words from the beginning to “but the right” substitute “ representation was made available to him for the purposes of the proceedings under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 but ”, and

b

for “to be granted such a right” substitute “ for such representation ”.

3

In paragraph (aa) for “to be granted a right to it” substitute “ for such representation ”.