Guidance

Armed Forces Criminal Legal Aid Authority (AFCLAA) application forms

AFCLAA application forms MOD Form 2263 and MOD Form 2263C.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 12 April 2013
• Last updated: 25 August 2026
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  1. 25 August 2026

     MOD Form 2263: Child Protection, MOD Form 2263: Child Protection Insert have been added. MOD Form 2263, MOD Form 2263C and MOD Form 2263: application for armed forces criminal legal aid (Iraq (Op Telic) or Afghanistan (Op Herrick) cases only) have been updated.

  2. 29 May 2025

     Form AFCLAA - Application for extension of representation order to more than one advocate or KC and form AFCLAA - Application for Offence Re-banding have been added on May 29 2025

  3. 31 January 2024

     Added the MOD Form 2263: application for armed forces criminal legal aid (Iraq (Op Telic) or Afghanistan (Op Herrick) cases only) (updated Jan 2024).

  4. 1 June 2020

     MOD Form 2263: application for armed forces criminal legal aid (updated June 2020).

  5. 4 July 2018

     Updated the MOD form 2263 for criminal legal aid access.

  6. 24 May 2018

     Updated forms to align with the new GDPR regulations that come into effect on the 25 May 2018.

  7. 15 March 2017

     Updated MOD Form 2263: application form for IHAT/OP Northmoor.

  8. 26 January 2017

     Added MOD Form 2263: Application for armed forces criminal legal aid (IHAT/Op Northmoor cases only) .

  9. 12 April 2013

     First published.

Documents

MOD Form 2263: application for armed forces criminal legal aid (interactive version) (updated August 2026)

MS Word Document, 82.6 KB

MOD Form 2263: application for armed forces criminal legal aid (IHAT/Op Northmoor cases only) (interactive version) (updated May 2018)

PDF, 81.4 KB, 3 pages

MOD Form 2263C: application for review on grounds of hardship (interactive version) (updated August 2026)

MS Word Document, 54.4 KB

MOD Form 2263: application for armed forces criminal legal aid (Iraq (Op Telic) or Afghanistan (Op Herrick) cases only) (updated August 2026)

MS Word Document, 47.8 KB

AFCLAA - Application for Offence Re-banding

PDF, 1.04 MB, 2 pages

AFCLAA - Application for extension of representation order to more than one advocate or KC

PDF, 598 KB, 2 pages

MOD Form 2263: Child Protection only

MS Word Document, 54.3 KB

MOD Form 2263: Child Protection Insert

MS Word Document, 29.9 KB

Details

AFCLAA application forms MOD Form 2263 for Armed Forces Criminal Legal Aid and MOD Form 2263C application for review on grounds of hardship.

Related information

• Armed Forces Criminal Legal Aid Authority (AFCLAA)