These Regulations amend regulation 9 (criminal proceedings) of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/9) (“the General Regulations”). Regulation 9 of the General Regulations makes provision about the proceedings which constitute criminal proceedings for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the 2012 Act”).