{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-modification-regulations-2000/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-modification-regulations-2000/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2227",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid Act 1988 (Modification) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-modification-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Modfications to the Legal Aid Act 1988",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the application of the Act in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2) or (3) below, the Act shall have effect as if the following provisions were omitted:—\n(a) in section 21(2), the words “Subject to subsection (5) below,”;\n(b) section 21(5) and (6);\n(c) sections 23 and 24;\n(d) section 26(3).\n(2) The circumstances in this paragraph exist where:—\n(a) a person who has been charged with an offence at a police station appears or is brought before a magistrates' court;\n(b) that court is considering the grant of representation under Part V of the Act, for that or another offence; and\n(c) the proposed representation does not relate to—\n(i) an offence triable only on indictment; or\n(ii) any other offence for which he will be sent to the Crown Court for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.\n(3) The circumstances in this paragraph exist where a person appears or is brought before a youth court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2227/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:40:24.365005+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}