Regulation 5 Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996

For regulation 6(1), substitute–

“(1)

Persons who may make an application in accordance with regulation 4 on behalf of a client are–

(a)

where the client on cause shown cannot make an application in accordance with regulation 4, a person authorised by the client; or

(b)

where the client is mentally disordered in terms of section 1(2) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984^f1, or is an incapable adult in terms of section 1(6) of the Adults With Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, the client’s legal representative.”.