Guidance on fees and funding

On this page:

Integrated Criminal Bills Assessment Manual
Appeals Manual 2006
Funding applications for warrants for further detention
Recovery of Defence Costs Orders (RDCOs)
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)
Associated CLS Funding: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Changes to arrangements for prison disciplinary hearings

Integrated Criminal Bills Assessment Manual

A revision marked copy of the Integrated Criminal Bills Assessment Manual is under Documents.

We are currently in the process of updating the Manual to reflect the change from the General Criminal Contract (Jan 08) to the Unified Contract (Crime) July 2008.

Please use the clause-by-clause tracker to find the correspoinsing clause within the Unified Contract (Crime).

The update Manual will be published on this page in due course.

Appeals Manual 2006

The Appeals Manual (under Documents) replaced the Review Panel Members Handbook and supports changes to our appeals procedures from 9 October 2006.

Funding applications for warrants for further detention

Section 23 of The Terrorism Act 2006 came into force on 25 July 2006. This extends the maximum time suspects can be detained before being charged from 14 to 28 days.

Amendments to the General Criminal Contract extend the scope of Advocacy Assistance within the Criminal Investigations Class to cover applications that take the period of detention beyond 14 days.

Recovery of Defence Costs Orders (RDCOs)

This scheme is an arrangement to collect legal aid costs incurred representing any individual who appears in criminal proceedings before any court other than the magistrates’ court.

It applies to all proceedings other than committals for sentence and appeals against sentence.

RDCOs are governed by Section 17 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. The regulations setting out how the scheme will operate are the Criminal Defence Service (Recovery of Defence Costs Orders) Regulations 2001 (as amended).

Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)

Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) were introduced by Part 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1989.

Guidance setting out the legal aid position is under Documents.

Associated CLS Funding: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

This is a major piece of legislation concerning the confiscation and recovery of criminal assets.

As well as consolidating and developing the criminal law, the Act establishes new civil procedures in the courts for which CLS funding is available.

Guidance is under Documents.

Changes to arrangements for prison disciplinary hearings

Guidance for funding in cases involving prison disciplinary hearings where the potential penalty is the award of additional days in custody as a punishment for breaches of prison rules is under Documents.

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Last updated: 16 July 2008