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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5E+WLegal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1 E+WAmendments

8(1)Section 47 (jurisdiction and powers of Tribunal) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsections (2)(d), (2B) and (2D) for “providing representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service” substitute “ criminal legal aid work ”.

(3)In subsection (2A)—

(a)for “providing representation” substitute “ criminal legal aid work ”, and

(b)for “funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service or Criminal Defence Service” substitute “ provided under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.

(4)After subsection (3B) insert—

(3C)In this section “criminal legal aid work” means the provision under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 of—

(a)advice or assistance described in section 13 or 15 of that Act, or

(b)representation for the purposes of criminal proceedings.