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The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

S.I. 2015/12 · Made 8 January 2015

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Made 8th January 2015

Laid before Parliament 9th January 2015

Coming into force 1st February 2015

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 23.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st February 2015.

2Amendment of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986

Regulation 14(3) of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986f1 is amended as follows:

(a)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “either” substitute “any”;

(b)

before sub-paragraph (b)(i), insert—

“(ai)

section 256ACf2 (breach of supervision requirements imposed under section 256AA)”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (b)(ii), insert—

“(iii)

paragraphs 7 to 9 of Schedule 19Af3 (breach, revocation or amendment of supervision default orders),”.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Andrew Selous

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

8th January 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 14(3) of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1335) (“the 1986 Regulations”). Regulation 14(3) extends the application of section 18 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) to allow the Crown Court and a magistrates’ court to make an order for costs against an offender in respect of certain categories of proceedings not already covered by section 18.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations adds the following to regulation 14(3) of the 1986 Regulations: proceedings for breach of a Post-Sentence Supervision requirement and proceedings for breach of a Supervision Default Order. Provisions regarding these proceedings are respectively set out in section 256AC of and paragraphs 7 to 9 of Schedule 19A to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) as amended by the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11).

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