# The Criminal Legal Aid (Motor Vehicle Orders) Regulations 2013, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;
“charges due” means the total charges imposed in accordance with regulation 27 (charges);
“contribution order” means a document which records a determination by the Director under the Contribution Orders Regulations;
“Contribution Orders Regulations” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013;
“court” means a magistrates’ court;
“date of change in liability” means the date on which—
(a) the individual’s contribution order is amended; or
(b) the determination under the Contribution Orders Regulations that an individual is liable to make a payment is withdrawn,
as a result of a reassessment or a review in accordance with regulations 18, 35 or 39 of the Contribution Orders Regulations;
“enforcement costs” mean the costs added to the amount payable by an individual in accordance with regulation 45 (costs of enforcement) of the Contribution Orders Regulations;
“overdue” in relation to an amount means any amount which is unpaid on the day after the date the payment is required to be made by the individual;
“registration mark” has the meaning given in section 23(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994;
“relevant court” means the court to which the application is made for a motor vehicle order under regulation 5 (application for a clamping order) or regulation 19 (application for a vehicle sale order);
“relevant criminal proceedings” means the criminal proceedings in relation to which the individual’s liability under the Contribution Orders Regulations to the relevant overdue amount specified in the motor vehicle order arose;
“relevant opening hours” means the hours specified in accordance with regulation 13(d)(ii) (immobilisation notices) or regulation 14(3)(g) (removal and storage of a motor vehicle); and
“relevant overdue amount” does not include an amount payable under a Recovery of Defence Costs Order within the meaning of the Criminal Legal Aid (Recovery of Defence Costs Orders) Regulations 2013, but otherwise has the meaning in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act.
(2) For the purposes of regulation 1(2), “pre-commencement case” means a case where the determination by the Director under section 16 of the Act (representation in criminal proceedings) that an individual qualifies for representation for the purposes of criminal proceeding to which the Contribution Orders Regulations apply is made before the date on which these Regulations come into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1686/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-motor-vehicle-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-2
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