# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2009, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007, which makes provision for the funding and remuneration of services provided as part of the Criminal Defence Service. The Order—
provides for the fees to be payable for work done under provisional representation orders (articles 3 and 6);
clarifies the situations in which a case (including a Very High Cost Case) is or is not transferred and makes other provisions relating to cases which cease to be Very High Cost Cases (articles 3, 8, 11, 12, 18 to 21 and 29);
introduces a cap on the number of pages of prosecution evidence, where the number of pages is used to determine certain fees, but provides for a special preparation fee where the cap is exceeded (articles 14 to 17 and 28);
provides for the fees to be payable where a case is transferred before sentence (article 22);
introduces a new fixed fee for certain hearings subsequent to sentence (articles 23 and 27);
extends the fee for proceedings relating to breaches of Crown Court orders to all litigators, whether or not they represented the defendant in the earlier proceedings (articles 24 and 25);
increases the fixed fees relating to appeals against sentence, appeals against conviction and committals for sentence (article 26);
makes minor amendments (articles 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 13).
An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses, charities or voluntary bodies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1843/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2009/note
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