# The Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013, Regulation 9: Criminal proceedings Extent: E+W The following proceedings are criminal proceedings for the purposes of section 14(h) of the Act (criminal proceedings)— (a) civil proceedings in a magistrates’ court arising from a failure to pay a sum due or to obey an order of that court where such failure carries the risk of imprisonment; (b) proceedings under sections 14B, 14D, 14G, 14H, 21B and 21D of the Football Spectators Act 1989 in relation to banning orders and references to a court; (c) proceedings under section 5A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997in relation to restraining orders on acquittal; (ca) proceedings under sections 51, 54, 57 and 58 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 in relation to child criminal exploitation prevention orders; (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (f) proceedings in relation to parenting orders made under section 8(1)(b) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 where an order under section 330 of the Sentencing Code or a sexual harm prevention order under section 103A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code is made; (fa) proceedings under sections 342H and 342I of the Sentencing Code in relation to serious violence reduction orders; (g) proceedings under section 366 of the Sentencing Code in relation to parenting orders made on the conviction of a child; (h) proceedings under section 9(5) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 or section 374 of the Sentencing Code to discharge or vary a parenting order made as set out in sub-paragraph (f) or (g); (i) proceedings under section 366(10) of the Sentencing Code in relation to an appeal against a parenting order made as set out in sub-paragraph (f) or (g); (j) proceedings under section 368 of the Sentencing Code in relation to parenting orders for failure to comply with orders under section 90 of that Code; (ja) proceedings in a youth court (or on appeal from such a court) in relation to the breach or potential breach of a provision of an injunction under Part 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 where the person who is subject to the injunction is aged under 14; (jb) proceedings under sections 215, 224, 225 and 226 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 in relation to youth diversion orders; (k) proceedings under sections 80, 82, 83 and 84 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in relation to closure orders made under section 80(5)(a) of that Act where a person has engaged in, or is likely to engage in behaviour that constitutes a criminal offence on the premises; (ka) proceedings under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 in relation to female genital mutilation protection orders made other than on conviction and related appeals; (kb) proceedings under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 in relation to female genital mutilation protection orders made under paragraph 3 of that Schedule; (l) proceedings under sections 20, 22, 26 and 28 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 in relation to parenting orders— (i) in cases of exclusion from school; or (ii) in respect of criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour; (m) proceedings under sections 97, 100 and 101 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in relation to notification orders and interim notification orders; (n) proceedings under sections 103A, 103E, 103F and 103H of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or sections 345, 350 and 353 of the Sentencing Code in relation to sexual harm prevention orders; (o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (p) proceedings under sections 122A, 122D, 122E and 122G of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in relation to sexual risk orders; (q) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (r) proceedings under section 13 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 on appeal against a decision of the Upper Tribunal in proceedings in respect of— (i) a decision of the Financial Conduct Authority; (ia) a decision of the Prudential Regulation Authority; (ii) a decision of the Bank of England; or (iii) a decision of a person in relation to the assessment of any compensation or consideration under the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 or the Banking Act 2009; (s) proceedings before the Crown Court or the Court of Appeal in relation to serious crime prevention orders under sections 19, 19A, 20, 21 and 24 of the Serious Crime Act 2007; (t) proceedings under sections 100, 101, 103, 104 and 106 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 in relation to violent offender orders and interim violent offender orders; (u) proceedings under sections 26, 27 and 29 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 in relation to— (i) domestic violence protection notices; or (ii) domestic violence protection orders; ... (ua) proceedings under sections 14(1)(b) and (c), 15 and 20 to 22 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in relation to slavery and trafficking prevention orders; (ub) proceedings under sections 23 and 27 to 29 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in relation to slavery and trafficking risk orders, and (uc) proceedings under Part 2 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 in relation to a knife crime prevention order or an interim knife crime prevention order; (ud) proceedings under sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of the Stalking Protection Act 2019 in relation to stalking protection orders and interim stalking protection orders, ... (ue) a hearing under section 26(2)... of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 in relation to breach of a domestic abuse protection notice; (uf) proceedings under section 31(3), (5) and (6) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 in relation to domestic abuse protection orders, including an application to vary or discharge an order made under those sections and related appeals under section 46(3) or (4) of the Act; (ufa) proceedings under section 44(2)(b) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, in relation to the variation or discharge of a domestic abuse protection order in a case where that court could make a domestic abuse protection order under section 31(3), (5) or (6), and related appeals under section 46(4) of that Act; (ug) proceedings under sections 21, 28 or 29 of the Public Order Act 2023 in relation to a serious disruption prevention order; ... (uh) proceedings in the High Court concerning a release decision of the Parole Board, which have been referred under section 32ZAA of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 or section 256AZBA of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; and (v) any other proceedings that involve the determination of a criminal charge for the purposes of Article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/9/regulation/9 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013/regulation-9 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.