# The Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006, Regulation 8: Consequential amendments


(1) Section 50 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (early administrative hearings) is amended as follows.
(2) 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.”
(3) 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110747402/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-defence-service-representation-orders-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2006/regulation-8
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