{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/9",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;\n“constable” means a member of a police force, an officer of the British Transport Police Force, an officer of Revenue and Customs and any other official who has a power of arrest by virtue of their office;\n“criminal legal aid” means advice, assistance and representation made available under sections 13, 15 and 16 of the Act;\n“Financial Resources Regulations” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations 2013;\n“provider” means a person with whom the Lord Chancellor has made an arrangement under section 2(1) of the Act (arrangements) for the provision of criminal legal aid;\n“representation order” means a document which records a determination under section 16 of the Act (representation for criminal proceedings);\n“Unit of Work” has the meaning given in paragraph 1.3 of the Specification to the 2025 Standard Crime Contract;\n“2025 Standard Crime Contract” means the contract so named between the Lord Chancellor and providers for the provision of criminal legal aid.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (27.1.2014) by The Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2790), regs. 1(3), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.4.2017) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/311), regs. 1, 2(2)(a) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.10.2025) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1009), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/9/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:19.195866+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."
}