art 7 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001
In paragraph 1(1) in Part 1 of Schedule 4— (a) in the definition of “trial advocate” add at the end “including a Queen’s Counsel or a leading junior counsel so instructed after the hearing at which pleas are taken”; (b) in the definition of “main hearing”— (i) in paragraph (b) omit “or cracked trial”; and (ii) after paragraph (b) insert — (bb) in relation to a cracked trial, the hearing at which— (i) the case becomes a cracked trial by meeting the conditions in paragraph 9(3) or (4), whether or not any pleas were taken at that hearing; or (ii) a formal verdict of not guilty was entered as a result of the prosecution offering no evidence under the administrative procedure, whether or not the parties were required by the court to attend the hearing;