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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-defence-service-choice-in-very-high-cost-cases-amendment-no2-regulations-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110499751",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2004",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases) Regulations 2001 (S.I 2001/1169) (“the 2001 Regulations”). The 2001 Regulations provide for the selection of new representatives where a right to representation has been granted in a Very High Cost Case and the Legal Services Commission or the current representatives do not propose to contract with one another.\nThese Regulations amend the definition of a Very High Cost Case in the 2001 Regulations to:\n(a) increase the qualifying period during which the trial of a Very High Cost Case is likely to last to 41 days or longer; and\n(b) remove the alternative of a financial threshold above which a case would qualify as a Very High Cost Case.\nThe amendment made by these Regulations brings the definition of a Very High Cost Case in the 2001 Regulations into line with the amended definition in the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/855) and the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) Regulations 2001 (S.I.2001/1437).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110499751/note",
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  "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."
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