{"id":71555,"date":"2016-06-21T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6e28997b403913f3a8cf6d01790ccca6"},"modified":"2016-06-21T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T16:00:05","slug":"news-story-crime-news-providers-no-longer-need-to-keep-copies-of-rep-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71555","title":{"rendered":"News story: Crime news: providers no longer need to keep copies of rep orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Copies of representation orders no longer need to be kept on file for audit purposes.<\/p>\n<p>This change applies to representation orders dated on or after 1 August 2015. It covers claims for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>magistates\u2019 court standard and non-standard fees<\/li>\n<li>Litigator Graduated Fee Scheme (LGFS) and Advocates\u2019 Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS) work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This follows our announcement last year that in the majority of cases providers no longer need to submit copies of representation orders with payment claims.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"exceptions\">Exceptions<\/h3>\n<p>There are some exceptions where copies of the representation order will still be required for AGFS and LGFS claims. These exceptions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>cases where one defendant has transferred from one provider to another will require copies of both current and initial rep orders<\/li>\n<li>cases where the court agrees multiple advocates are required<\/li>\n<li>where the Crown Court retains authority to issue representation orders \u2013 breaches, bench warrants, contempt of court and noting brief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The e-form system can be used by providers to check whether a representation order has been granted. The MAAT reference number will be contained in the eForm portal notification.<\/p>\n<p>If further information is required then contact the customer service team \u2013 see number below.<\/p>\n<p>By autumn 2016 we expect to be able to generate digital representation orders and e-mail these directly to providers.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we will continue to send out paper representation orders to providers and clients.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p>0121 232 5500 \u2013 for representation order enquiries<\/p>\n<p>Crime news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/crime-news-simpler-crown-court-billing\">Simpler Crown Court billing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crime news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/crime-news-lac1-committal-forms-and-graduated-fee-claims\">LAC1 committal forms and graduated fee claims<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providers can stop storing copies of representation orders for billing or audit purposes for the majority of criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}