{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-regulations-2001/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-regulations-2001/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1144",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Advocates in magistrates' courts",
  "text": "(1) A representation order for the purposes of proceedings before a magistrates' court may only include representation by an advocate in the case of:\n(a) any indictable offence, including an offence which is triable either way; or\n(b) proceedings under section 9 of, or paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Extradition Act 1989\nwhere the court is of the opinion that, because of circumstances which make the proceedings unusually grave or difficult, representation by both a solicitor and an advocate would be desirable.\n(2) A representation order for the purposes of proceedings before a magistrates' court may not include representation by an advocate other than as provided in paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1144/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:53:33.916189+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."
}