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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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

Regulation 3 amends the reference to “the right of a minor” to apply for advice and assistance in consequence of the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50).

Regulation 4 amends the provisions of Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations by making provision in the table of fees allowable to solicitors for assistance by way of representation for the fees allowable in relation to a petition by a debtor for the sequestration of his estate under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66), as amended by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 6). The amendments only apply to work done on or after 1st April 1993 by virtue of regulation 5.