Article 11 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001

For paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 substitute—

“4

This Schedule does not apply to any case where:

(a)

the representation order provides for the services of more than two trial advocates; or

(b)

the length of the main hearing, or the combined length of the main hearing and of any hearing to which paragraph 2(6), 13 or 14 applies exceeds 25 days, unless it was accepted by the court at the pleas and directions hearing that the trial would not exceed 25 days and the trial did not in fact exceed 30 days.”.