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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-and-criminal-legal-aid-amendment-no2-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1678",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2015",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend a number of instruments relating to the provision of legal services under arrangements made under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the Act”).\nRegulations 2, 4 and 7 amend secondary legislation relating to the provision of civil legal services as a result of the coming into force of the 2015 Standard Civil Contract on 1st November 2015. The 2015 Standard Civil Contract, which is made under section 2 of the Act, governs the provision of face-to-face work in the categories of Actions Against the Police etc., Clinical Negligence and Public Law as defined in that contract. The amendments insert reference to the 2015 Standard Civil Contract as necessary to ensure that existing arrangements for the making of applications for civil legal services, remuneration for those services and the exclusion of certain costs from the statutory charge apply in relation to that contract.\nRegulations 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 amend secondary legislation relating to the provision of advice, assistance and representation made available under sections 13, 15 or 16 of the Act (criminal legal aid).\nThe Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/435) (“the Remuneration Regulations”) make provision about the payment by the Lord Chancellor to persons who provide criminal legal aid. Regulations 5(4), (6), (8), (11)(a), (c), (d), (e)(i) and (ii), (f) and (g) and (12)(b) and (c)(ii) and (iii) and 9(3)(a)(ii) and (b) and (4) amend the Remuneration Regulations and the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1369) (which amend the Remuneration Regulations with effect from 11th January 2016) consequential to the new rules on preparation for trial in the Crown Court under the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1490 (L.18)). In particular, the amendments omit certain references to a plea and case management hearing (which is no longer mandatory) and make provision by reference to the occurrence or result of the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea instead. No change is made to the fees that are payable under the Remuneration Regulations.\nRegulations 3, 5(2), (3), (5), (7), (9), (10) (11)(b) and (e)(iii), (12)(a) and (13), 6, 8 and 9(2), (3)(a)(i) and (5) make amendments which are consequential to the repeal of proceedings for the committal or transfer of cases to the Crown Court for trial by Part 4 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44). They omit references to committal or transfer for trial and, where necessary, replace them with reference to sending for trial.\nRegulation 10 makes transitional provision. Regulation 10(1) provides that the amendments relating to the repeal of proceedings for committal or transfer do not apply to proceedings which were committed or transferred to the Crown Court for trial prior to repeal. Regulation 10(2) provides that the amendments made by regulation 5(11)(c)(iv) and (f) do not apply to proceedings in which a plea and case management questionnaire was filed.\nThe contracts referred to in these Regulations are available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-civil-contract-2015 . Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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