# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2004, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives the Legal Services Commission a discretion to apply the graduated fees applicable to Crown Court cases as set out in Schedule 4 to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001 (“the 2001 Order”) to Very High Cost Cases.
It also amends the definition of a Very High Cost Case as provided for in the 2001 Order to a case where if it proceeds to trial, that trial would be likely to last for 41 days or longer.
The main amendments to the 2001 Order are as follows:
article 6 makes an amendment to correct a drafting error in Schedule 2 to the 2001 Order
article 8(c)(i) substitutes current tables in paragraph 8 in Part 2 of Schedule 4 with revised tables and article 8(c)(ii) provides for new tables in paragraph 8
article 9(a) provides for a new special preparation fee where the pages of prosecution evidence exceed 10,000
article 11 substitutes current tables in Schedule 5 with revised tables.
This Order also makes a number of amendments which are consequential on the above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2045/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2004/note
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