Regulation 6 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) Regulations 2001

In regulation 12—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)
extradition hearings under the Extradition Act 2003^f1.”;

(ii)

for “solicitor” substitute “litigator”;

(b)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)
A representation order for the purposes of proceedings before a magistrates’ court may provide for the services of a Queen’s Counsel or of more than one advocate only—

(a)
in extradition hearings under the Extradition Act 2003; and

(b)
where the court is of the opinion that the assisted person could not be adequately represented except by a Queen’s Counsel or by more than one advocate.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2003 c.41.