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Statutory Instruments
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
Made
19th December 2022
Laid before Parliament
20th December 2022
Coming into force
17th January 2023
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(h), 41(1)(a) and 41(2)(a) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012( 1), makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 17th January 2023.
2. After regulation 9(f) (criminal proceedings) of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013( 2) insert—
“(fa) proceedings under sections 342H and 342I of the Sentencing Code( 3) in relation to serious violence reduction orders; ”.
Mike Freer
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
19th December 2022
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations amend regulation 9 of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. 2013/9) which prescribes “ criminal proceedings” for the purposes of section 14(h) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10).
These amending Regulations add the following to the list of “criminal proceedings”: i) proceedings under section 342H of the Sentencing Act 2020 (c.17)which concern the variation, renewal and discharge of serious violence reduction orders (“SVROs”) and ii) proceedings under section 342I which concern appeals related to SVROs.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
) S.I. 2013/9, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/326, S.I. 2015/472, S.I. 2015/838, S.I. 2015/1416and S.I. 2020/8.
2020 c. 17. Pursuant to section 1 of the Sentencing Act 2020, Parts 2 to 13 of the Act make up the Sentencing Code.