{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/483",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Assessment by the court of proportion of the cost of representation",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where an individual is—\n(a) charged with more than one offence; and\n(b) convicted of one or more, but not all, such offences.\n(2) The individual may apply in writing to the judge for an order that the individual pay a proportion of the amount of the cost of representation in the proceedings in the Crown Court, on the ground that it would be manifestly unreasonable to pay the whole amount.\n(3) An application under paragraph (2) must be made within 21 days of the date on which the individual is sentenced or otherwise dealt with for the offence following conviction in the Crown Court.\n(4) The judge may—\n(a) make an order specifying the proportion of the cost of representation for which the individual is liable; or\n(b) refuse the application.\n(5) An order under paragraph (4) must not require any other individual to pay any of the cost of the individual’s representation.\n(6) In this regulation “judge” means the trial judge or a judge nominated by the resident judge for the purpose of deciding the application.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/483/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:20.206968+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."
}