Proposed Amendments to the General Criminal Contract (implementation Oct 07)
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About this consultation
Consultation has commenced on proposed amendments to the General Criminal Contract and Associated Arrangements necessary to implement policy changes in October 2007.
This consultation lasted for six weeks and closed at 4pm on 9 August 2007.
List of documents
The consultation paper is under Documents. It covers:
- introduction of Best Value Panel for Very High Cost Cases
- amendments to the remuneration arrangements for Police Station Attendances (Fixed Fees)
- expansion of the DSCC to cover all requests for assistance from both Duty and Own Solicitor, and to CDS Direct to provide Telephone Only Advice to all clients.
Individual Impact Assessments (IA) have been published for each of the policy changes to which these amendments relate. Therefore no seperate IA is necessary.
How to respond
Responses should be sent:
By email: cds.directorate@legalservices.gov.uk. Please add 'GCC Consultation Response' to the subject line.
By post:
Sarah Acikgoz (CDS Policy Team)
Legal Services Commission
85 Grays Inn Road
London WC1X 8TX
By fax: 0207 759 1051
Further information
Change of date for implementation of October 2007 amendments
Due to ongoing negotiations regarding the October 2007 Contract amendments, the implementation date for the reforms has been changed to 15 October 2007. For more information, please see the full notice under Documents.
Please contact cds.directorate@legalservices.gov.uk with any questions. Please add 'GCC Amendments' to the subject line.
Visit the individual consultation pages in this section to read more about:
- Best Value Panel for Very High Cost Cases
- police station reforms
- expansion of the DSCC and CDS Direct.
Last updated: 01 November 2007