Regulation 5 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006

After regulation 4 insert—

“Representation order for proceedings in the Crown Court alone

4A.

Where—

(a)

an individual applies for a representation order for proceedings in a magistrates’ court and, should they continue there, in the Crown Court;

(b)

either the individual is not financially eligible for such an order for the proceedings in the magistrates’ court or the representation authority considers that the interests of justice do not require the individual to be represented in such proceedings; and

(c)

the proceedings continue to the Crown Court,

the representation authority shall grant a representation order to that individual for the proceedings in the Crown Court.”.