Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Access to Justice Act 1999;

• “appropriate officer” means—

  • in a magistrates’ court, the justices’ clerk or the designated officer;

  • in the Crown Court, a court manager or a court officer designated by him to act on his behalf for the purposes of these Regulations;

  • in the Court of Appeal—

    • the Registrar of Criminal Appeals or the Head of the Civil Appeals Office, as appropriate; or

    • in either case, a court officer designated by him to act on his behalf for the purposes of these Regulations;

• “the Commission” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Act;

• “representation authority” has the same meaning as in the Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006^f1;

• “representation order” means a document granting a right to representation under section 14 of the Act.