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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no-2-amendment-no-2-regulations-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2936",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no-2-amendment-no-2-regulations-2007",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1437), which deal with publicly funded advice and assistance and representation in criminal cases. The Regulations—\nupdate references from “solicitor” to “litigator”, introduce a definition of “representative” and amend the definition of “advocate” (regulations 2, 6 and 8 to 13);\nprovide that where a magistrates’ court sends a defendant for trial at the Crown Court under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, the proceedings in the magistrates’ court are preliminary to the proceedings in the Crown Court, so that no representation order is required for the proceedings in the magistrates’ court (regulation 3);\nprovide for applications for representation orders for appeals to the Crown Court, where a representation order has been made in respect of the proceedings in the magistrates’ court, and for applications for representation orders for re-trials (regulation 4);\nprovide for applications for representation orders in the High Court (regulation 5);\npermit representation by a QC or by more than one advocate in exceptional extradition cases in magistrates’ courts and update a reference to the legislation on extradition (regulation 6);\nprovide expressly that a representation order for proceedings in the Crown Court, including orders which extend to that Court from a magistrates’ court such as committals for sentence, covers representation by a junior advocate (regulation 7).\nAm impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on businesses, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2936/note",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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