Criminal Law, England And Wales Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 13th October 2008. Amendments to the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 2 The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 are amended as follows. 3 For regulation 3(2) substitute— 2 When making an order under paragraph (1), the court may take into account any other order as to costs which has been made in respect of the proceedings. . 4 In regulation 3E(2), in the definition of “interested party”, after “Service” insert “or an order for the payment of costs out of central funds was made in his favour”. 5 In regulation 3F(5) omit “vary or”. 6 In regulation 4— a in the definition of “disbursements”, after “interpreter” insert “, intermediary”; b after the definition of “disbursements” insert— “expenses” means out of pocket expenses, travelling expenses and subsistence allowance; . 7 In regulation 5(2)— a in sub-paragraph (c), after “Crown Court” insert “or, subject to sub-paragraph (d), a magistrates’ court”; b in sub-paragraph (d), after “court” insert “, where the costs consist solely of expenses claimed by the applicant”. 8 In regulation 6(2)— a for “the designated officer for the court, in the case of proceedings in a magistrates’ court, or to the appropriate authority, in the case of proceedings in any other court specified in regulation 5(2),” substitute “the appropriate authority”; b omit “he or”. 9 In regulation 6(3), in sub-paragraph (d), for “that regulation 44(7) of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 should be applied in respect of any work comprised in the claim under these Regulations” substitute “for payment in respect of services funded for the applicant as part of the Criminal Defence Service”. 10 In regulation 8(1), for “the designated officer for the court, in the case of proceedings in a magistrates’ court, or the appropriate authority, in the case of proceedings in any other court specified in regulation 5(2),” substitute “the appropriate authority”. 11 For regulation 14(3) substitute— 3 Section 18 of the Act shall apply to proceedings in a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court for dealing with an offender— a under any of the following provisions of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 — i section 13 (commission of further offence by person conditionally discharged); ii section 119(1) or 123 (power of court on conviction of further offence to deal with suspended sentence and breach of requirement of suspended sentence supervision order); iii paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (power of court on referral back from panel); iv Part II of Schedule 3 (breach of requirement of certain community orders); v paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 5 (breach etc of attendance centre order); vi paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 7 (breach of requirement of supervision order); vii paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 8 (breach of requirement of action plan order or reparation order); and b under either of the following provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 — i Part 2 of Schedule 8 (breach of requirement of community order); ii Part 2 of Schedule 12 (breach of community requirement of suspended sentence order or conviction of further offence) as if the offender had been tried in those proceedings for the offence for which the order was made or the sentence passed. . 12 In regulation 16— a after paragraph (1)(b) insert— ba a witness called by the defendant is examined through an intermediary under section 29 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 ; or b in paragraph (1), for “that witness, interpreter” substitute “a witness referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or by that interpreter, intermediary”; c in paragraph (2), after “interpreter” insert “, intermediary”. 13 In regulation 17, after “interpreters” insert “, intermediaries”. 14 In regulation 20(2)(a), after “interpreter” insert “or intermediary”. 15 In regulation 21(2), after “interpreter” insert “, intermediary”. 16 In regulation 24(7), after “interpreter” insert “, intermediary”. Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor Hunt Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Justice 15th September 2008