Article 19 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007

In article 21—

(a)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

after “application for a hardship payment”, insert “by an advocate”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “representative” substitute “advocate”;

(b)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)
Every application for a hardship payment by a litigator must be accompanied by such information and documents as the appropriate officer may require as evidence of—

(a)
the Class of Offence with which the assisted person is charged, in accordance with Part 6 of Schedule 1;

(b)
the length of trial, where appropriate;

(c)
the number of pages of prosecution evidence, calculated in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2;

(d)
the total number of defendants in the proceedings who are represented by the litigator;

(e)
the likelihood of financial hardship.”.