Court of Appeal Act 2014

Amendment of section 4 of Criminal Justice Act 1993

51. Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) Where an application has been made to the Court of Appeal under section 2—

(a) a legal aid (appeal) certificate shall be deemed for the purposes of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 to have been granted in respect of the person whose sentence is the subject of the application, and

(b) the person shall be entitled to free legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his or her case before the Court of Appeal and to have a solicitor and counsel assigned to him or her for that purpose in the manner prescribed by regulations under section 10 of that Act.”.