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The Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013
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PART 6E+WLegal Persons
Legal persons: application of regulation 5E+W
31.—(1) Regulation 5(1) applies to legal persons with the modifications in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) For “an individual” substitute “a legal person”.
(3) For “the individual” substitute “the legal person”.
Legal persons: application of regulation 6E+W
32.—(1) Regulation 6(2) applies to legal persons with the modification in paragraph (2).
(2) For “an individual” substitute “a legal person”.
Legal persons: prescribed advice and assistanceE+W
33.—(1) The advice and assistance set out in paragraph (2) is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 3 (legal aid for legal persons) to the Act.
(2) The prescribed advice and assistance is advice and assistance which is provided in relation to—
(a)an investigation which may lead to criminal proceedings;
(b)criminal proceedings;
(c)an appeal or a potential appeal against the outcome of criminal proceedings; or
(d)a sentence imposed on a legal person.
Legal persons: prescribed conditionsE+W
34.—(1) The conditions set out in paragraph (2) are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Act.
(2) The prescribed conditions are that the legal person must be the subject of—
(a)an investigation which may lead to criminal proceedings; or
(b)criminal proceedings, including an appeal, potential appeal and an application to vary sentence.
Legal persons: applications for advice and assistance for criminal proceedingsE+W
35.—(1) An application by a legal person for advice and assistance(3) must be made in writing to the Director.
(2) The legal person must provide any additional information and documents requested by the Director in order to make a determination in relation to an application made in accordance with paragraph (1).
Legal persons: application of Part 4 of the RegulationsE+W
36.—(1) Regulations 13, 15(1)(a), (2) and (3), 16(a) to (c) and (e)(i) and 17(a) apply to legal persons with the modifications in paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) For “an individual” substitute “a legal person”.
(3) For “the individual” substitute “the legal person”.
(4) For “section 15 of” substitute “paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to”.
Legal persons: specified legal persons in relation to criminal proceedingsE+W
37. A legal person is a specified legal person in relation to criminal proceedings if that person meets the condition prescribed in regulation 34(2)(b).
Legal persons: applications for representationE+W
38.—(1) An application by a legal person for representation(4) for the purposes of criminal proceedings must be made in writing to the Director.
(2) The legal person must provide any additional information and documents requested by the Director in order to make a determination in relation to an application made in accordance with paragraph (1).
Legal persons: application of Part 5 of the RegulationsE+W
39.—(1) With the exception of regulations 21, 22(1) and 25(2)(b)(ii), Part 5 of these Regulations applies(5) to legal persons with the modifications in paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) For “an individual” substitute “a legal person”.
(3) For “the individual” substitute “the legal person”.
(4) For “that individual” substitute “that legal person”.
(5) For “section 16 of” substitute “paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to”.
(1)
Paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 3 to the Act (legal aid for legal persons: providers of services etc) provides that in section 28 of the Act (position of providers of services) references to an individual include a legal person.
(2)
Paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 3 to the Act (legal aid for legal persons: providers of services etc) provides that in section 30 of the Act (position of other parties, courts and tribunals) references to an individual include a legal person.
(3)
Paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 3 to the Act (legal aid for legal persons: advice and assistance for criminal proceedings) provides that subsections (3) to (9) of section 15 apply in relation to regulations made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 as they apply in relation to regulations made under that section.
(4)
Paragraph 5(7) of Schedule 3 to the Act (legal aid for legal persons: representation for criminal proceedings) provides that subsections (2) to (7) of section 18 apply in relation to a determination under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 3 as they apply in relation to a determination under section 16.
(5)
Paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 3 to the Act (legal aid for legal persons: representation for criminal proceedings) provides that regulations under section 16(4) and (5) apply for the purposes of paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 3 as they apply for the purposes of section 16(3). Paragraphs 5(5) to (7) of Schedule 3 to the Act apply sections 17 and 18 to determinations made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3.
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