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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no-2-regulations-2001/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1437",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no-2-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/15",
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  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Advocates in the Crown Court, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and House of Lords",
  "text": "The court may grant a representation order for representation by an advocate alone:\n(a) in any proceedings referred to in section 12(2)(f) of the Act;\n(b) in respect of an appeal to the Court of Appeal or the Courts-Martial Appeal Court; or\n(c) in cases of urgency where it appears to the court that there is no time to instruct a solicitor:\n(i) in respect of an appeal to the Crown Court; or\n(ii) in proceedings in which a person is committed to or appears before the Crown Court for trial or sentence, or appears or is brought before that court to be dealt with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/2876",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) (Amendment No.4) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/2936",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1437/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:50:46.904947+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}