{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-choice-in-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2001/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-choice-in-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2001/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1169",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-choice-in-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations:\n“the Commission” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999;\n“current representatives” means the representatives named on the representation order and any advocate currently instructed in the case;\n“funded services” means services which are provided directly for a client and funded for that client as part of the Criminal Defence Service under sections 12 to 18 of the Access to Justice Act 1999;\n“representation order” means a document granting a right to representation; and\n“a Very High Cost Case” is a case with regard to which:\n(a) if the case proceeds to trial, that trial would be likely to last for 25 days or longer; or\n(b) the defence costs with regard to any one defendant (or group of defendants represented by the same firm of solicitors) are likely to amount to £150,000 or greater (such sum to include the solicitor’s fees and disbursements, counsel’s fees, and VAT).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst (1.1.2005)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/3345",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/598",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases)(Amendment) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/598",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases)(Amendment) Regulations 2004"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1169/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:53:24.298962+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}