- advocacy services
means any services which it would be reasonable to expect a person who is exercising, or contemplating exercising, a right of audience in relation to any proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide;
- all proceedings order
means an order which has the combined effect of the two other orders.”
- appropriate court
means— • “custody ” includes local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation to which a person is remanded under section 91 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and references to a person being committed to custody shall be construed accordingly;
- attendance
means attendance at the court or elsewhere.
- attending
means attending at the court or elsewhere.
- authority
means any police authority or other authority or body mentioned in section 17(6)(c) or (d) of this Act;
- bail in criminal proceedings
has the same meaning as in the Bail Act 1976 (see section 1 of that Act);
- binding over proceedings
means any proceedings instituted (whether by way of complaint under section 115 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 or otherwise) with a view to obtaining from a magistrates’ court an order requiring a person to enter into a recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour;
- civil proceedings order
means an order that— a no civil proceedings shall without the leave of the High Court be instituted in any court by the person against whom the order is made;
- community order
has the meaning given by section 200 of the Sentencing Code;
- costs order
means—
- criminal investigation
means any process— (a) for considering whether an offence has been committed;
- criminal proceedings order
means an order that— a no information shall be laid before a justice of the peace by the person against whom the order is made without the leave of the High Court;
- custody
includes local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation to which a person is remanded under section 91 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and references to a person being committed to custody shall be construed accordingly;
- custody of the Crown Court
includes custody to which a person is committed in pursuance of— (a) section 43A of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (magistrates' court dealing with a person brought before it following his arrest in pursuance of a warrant issued by the Crown Court);
- custody time limit
means a time limit imposed by regulations made under subsection (1)(b) above or, where any such limit has been extended by a court under subsection (3) above, the limit as so extended;
- Director
means the Director of Public Prosecutions;
- Director of Legal Aid Casework
means the civil servant designated under section 4(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;
- enactment
includes any provision having effect under or by virtue of any Act;
- expert witness costs
means amounts payable in respect of the services of an expert witness, including amounts payable in connection with attendance by the witness at court or elsewhere;
- extradition proceedings
means proceedings under the Extradition Act 2003;
- ICRIR
means the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery;
- legal costs
means fees, charges, disbursements and other amounts payable in respect of advocacy services or litigation services including, in particular, expert witness costs;
- legal representative
means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise of a right of audience or the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act);
- litigation services
means any services which it would be reasonable to expect a person who is exercising, or contemplating exercising, a right to conduct litigation in relation to proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide.
- mental health treatment requirement
means— (a) in relation to a community order, a mental health treatment requirement within the meaning given by paragraph 16 of Schedule 9 to the Sentencing Code, and (b) in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, a mental health treatment requirement within the meaning given by paragraph 28 of Schedule 6 to that Code;
- overall time limit
means a time limit imposed by regulations made under subsection (1)(a) above or, where any such limit has been extended by a court under subsection (3) above, the limit as so extended;
- police force
means any police force maintained by a local policing body... and any other body of constables for the time being specified by order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section;
- prescribed
means prescribed by Criminal Procedure Rules.
- preventative civil orders
means— (a) orders within section 3(2)(fa) to (fe) above;
- proceedings
includes—
- prosecution functions
means functions which by virtue of this Part become functions of the Director;
- public authority
means—
- regulations
means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor;
- relevant costs order
means a costs order other than—
- relevant Crown Court proceedings
means any of the following— (a) proceedings in the Crown Court in respect of an offence for which the accused has been sent by a magistrates’ court to the Crown Court for trial;
- Revenue and Customs cash recovery proceedings
means proceedings in which the Director or a Crown Prosecutor would otherwise appear by virtue of section 302A(2) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (cash recovery proceedings relating to revenue and customs matters).
- Service
means the Crown Prosecution Service;... •....
- specified
means specified in the regulations.
- specified proceedings
means proceedings which fall within any category for the time being specified by order made by the Attorney General for the purposes of this section.
- the court
means— • “ICRIR” means the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery;
- wasted costs
means any costs incurred by a party— (a) as a result of any improper, unreasonable, or negligent act or omission on the part of any representative or any employee of a representative;
- youth rehabilitation order
has the meaning given by section 173 of the Sentencing Code.