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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Legal Aid (Prescribed Panels) Regulations 1999 so as to designate the Crime Franchise Panel as a prescribed panel for the purposes of section 32(7) of the Legal Aid Act 1988. They provide that an assisted person’s right to select an authorised litigator for the purposes of advice and assistance and representation in relation to criminal proceedings funded by the Commission is limited to members of the panel.