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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the provisions of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2 and the Schedule substitute a new Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations so as to increase the fees allowable to solicitors in respect of work done in connection with the provision of legal advice and assistance or assistance by way of representation by around 8½% with the exception of the fee at Part I, paragraph (a) which has been increased by 16½%. These amendments will apply only to work done on or after 1st April 1991.