Regulation 8 Consequential amendments

Section 50 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998^f1 (early administrative hearings) is amended as follows.

For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)

At a hearing conducted by a single justice under this section the accused shall be asked whether he wishes to be granted a right to representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service.

(2A)

Where the accused wishes to be granted such a right, the Legal Services Commission shall decide whether or not to grant him that right.”

After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)

A hearing conducted by a single justice under this section may be—

(a)

adjourned to enable the decision mentioned in subsection (2A) above to be taken, and

(b)

subsequently resumed by a single justice.”