Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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5(1)Where a paragraph of Part 1 or 2 of this Schedule describes services that consist of or include services provided in relation to proceedings, the description is to be treated as including, in particular—E+W

(a)services provided in relation to related bail proceedings,

(b)services provided in relation to preliminary or incidental proceedings,

(c)services provided in relation to a related appeal or reference to a court, tribunal or other person, and

(d)services provided in relation to the enforcement of decisions in the proceedings.

(2)Where a paragraph of Part 3 of this Schedule describes advocacy provided in relation to particular proceedings in or before a court, tribunal or other person, the description is to be treated as including services provided in relation to preliminary or incidental proceedings in or before the same court, tribunal or other person.

(3)Regulations may make provision specifying whether proceedings are or are not to be regarded as preliminary or incidental for the purposes of this paragraph.