Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

Criminal Defence Service Act

Key Benefits Transfer responsibility for the power to grant representation from the courts to the Legal Services Commission; Reintroduce a test of financial eligibility (means test); Make the best use of legal aid resources and ensure that funds are targeted on the most worthy and important cases.

Act of Parliament

Explanatory Notes

Comments

If you have any comments you can email them to:

general.queries@dca.gsi.gov.uk

Useful links:

Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill [last session] (.pdf file)

Consultation Papers which accompanied this

Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report on the Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill (November 2004) (.pdf file)

Human Rights Act 1998

The Law Society of England and Wales

The Law Society of Scotland





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