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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-representation-orders-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2493",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-representation-orders-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Access to Justice Act 1999;\n“the Commission” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Act;\n“relevant proceedings” means criminal proceedings which—\n(a) are mentioned in section 12(2)(a) to (f) of the Act; and\n(b) are in a magistrates’ court;\n“representation authority” means the Commission or a court officer or other person to whom the Commission, in accordance with section 3(4) of the Act, has delegated its functions under paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 to the Act;\n“representation order” means a document granting a right to representation under section 14 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (11.1.2010),(12.4.2010), (26.4.2010),(10.5.2010),(17.5.2010), (24.5.2010), (14.6.2010),(26.6.2010)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/3331",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2493/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:22:02.182485+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."
}