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The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/2094 · Made 25 July 2000

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 25th July 2000

Laid before Parliament 2nd August 2000

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 19(3)(d) and (e) and 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985f1, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 23; section 19(3)(d) was inserted by the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25), Schedule 3 paragraph 8, and section 19(3)(e) was inserted by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23) section 40(1).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force immediately after the commencement of section 38(4) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations a reference to any regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986f1.

3Amendments to the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986

For regulation 13C there shall be substituted the following:—

“13C

In this Part of the Regulations “court appointee” means:—

(a)

a person appointed by the Crown Court under section 4A of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964f1 to put the case for the defence;

(b)

a legal representative appointed by the court under section 38(4) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999f2 to cross-examine a witness in the interests of the accused.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

David Lock

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 25th July 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 so as to provide that the system set out in Part III for the payment of defendants' costs out of central funds should apply with any necessary modifications to the remuneration of a legal representative appointed by the court to cross-examine a witness under section 38(4) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (for example in sexual cases).