{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000/section-15",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/43",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Right to conduct litigation and right of audience.",
  "text": "(1) The Service may authorise an officer of the Service of a prescribed description—\n(a) to conduct litigation in relation to any proceedings in any court,\n(b) to exercise a right of audience in any proceedings before any court,\nin the exercise of his functions.\n(2) An officer of the Service exercising a right to conduct litigation by virtue of subsection (1)(a) who would otherwise have such a right by virtue of the fact that he is a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to that activity is to be treated as having acquired that right solely by virtue of this section.\n(3) An officer of the Service exercising a right of audience by virtue of subsection (1)(b) who would otherwise have such a right by virtue of the fact that he is a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to that activity is to be treated as having acquired that right solely by virtue of this section.\n(4) In this section and section 16, “right to conduct litigation” and “right of audience” have the same meanings as in section 119 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 133(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 133(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 41."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:22.078398+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."
}