# The Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2004, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These 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.
These Regulations amend the definition of a Very High Cost Case in the 2001 Regulations to:
(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
(b) remove the alternative of a financial threshold above which a case would qualify as a Very High Cost Case.
The 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110499751/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-defence-service-choice-in-very-high-cost-cases-amendment-no2-regulations-2004/note
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