Article 1 Citation, commencement, cessation, interpretation and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2009 and comes into force on 3rd August 2009.

(2)

Articles 3 (in so far as it relates to the definition of “provisional representation order”) and 6 of this Order cease to have effect on 31st December 2011.

(3)

In this Order “the 2007 Order” means the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007^f1.

(4)

In this article—

(a)

“representation order” has the same meaning as in the 2007 Order;

(b)

“provisional representation order” means a document provisionally granting a right to representation under regulations made under paragraph 1A of Schedule 3 to the Access to Justice Act 1999^f2.

(5)

This Order applies to proceedings in which a representation order or a provisional representation order is granted on or after 3rd August 2009.

(6)

In respect of proceedings in which a representation order is granted before 3rd August 2009 the 2007 Order continues to apply as if this Order had not been made.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2007/1174, amended by S.I. 2007/3552, 2008/957 and 2008/2930.
f2: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 3 was inserted by section 56(1) and (6) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c.4).