The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) (Amendment No.4) Regulations 2009

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) (Amendment No.4) Regulations 2009.

(2) These Regulations come into force—

(a) as to this regulation and regulations 2 to 4, on 11th January 2010;

(b) as to regulation 5, in so far as regulation 7 of the 2001 Regulations confers power to grant a representation order in proceedings in the Court of Appeal, on 11th January 2010;

(c) as to regulation 5, in so far as regulation 7 of the 2001 Regulations confers power to grant a representation order in a re-trial in the Crown Court, where the Crown Court is sitting—

(i) at Blackfriars, Bradford, Lancaster, Norwich, Preston and Swansea, on 11th January 2010;

(ii) at locations in the courts boards areas listed in the second to eighth parts of the table in the Schedule to these Regulations, on the corresponding dates set out in those parts;

(d) as to regulations 6 and 9, in respect of the grant of a representation order for proceedings in the Crown Court, where the Crown Court is sitting—

(i) at Blackfriars, Bradford, Lancaster, Norwich, Preston and Swansea, on 11th January 2010;

(ii) at locations in the courts boards areas listed in the second to eighth parts of the table in the Schedule to these Regulations, on the corresponding dates set out in those parts;

(e) as to regulations 7 and 8, in respect of applications for representation orders, and representation orders made on such applications, where the application is sent to—

(i) a magistrates’ court in any of the local justice areas listed in the first part of the table in Schedule 1, on 11th January 2010;

(ii) a magistrates’ court (if not within such a local justice area) in any of the courts board areas listed in the second to eighth part of that table, on the corresponding dates set out in those parts.

(3) An application for a representation order which is received in a magistrates’ court before these Regulations come into force in respect of that court is to be dealt with as if these Regulations had not been made.

(4) In these Regulations—

(a) “the 2001 Regulations” means the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) Regulations 2001(1);

(b) “representation order” means a document granting a right to representation under section 14 of the Access to Justice Act 1999.

(1)

S.I. 2001/1437; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/712, 2003/644, 2006/2490, 2007/2936, 2007/3550 and 2008/1879.