# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2005, Article 7: Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001


In paragraph 1(1) in Part 1 of Schedule 4—
(a) in the definition of “trial advocate” add at the end “including a Queen’s Counsel or a leading junior counsel so instructed after the hearing at which pleas are taken”;
(b) in the definition of “main hearing”—
(i) in paragraph (b) omit “or cracked trial”; and
(ii) after paragraph (b) insert —
“(bb) in relation to a cracked trial, the hearing at which—
(i) the case becomes a cracked trial by meeting the conditions in paragraph 9(3) or (4), whether or not any pleas were taken at that hearing; or
(ii) a formal verdict of not guilty was entered as a result of the prosecution offering no evidence under the administrative procedure, whether or not the parties were required by the court to attend the hearing;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2621/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2005/article-7
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