# The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987.
The regulations–
(a) provide that the prior right to payment of fees and outlays from property recovered or preserved does not apply to money paid by way of child support maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991 (regulation 3(a));
(b) provide that where the Scottish Legal Aid Board are satisfied that specified conditions are met they may on application by the solicitor authorise that payment of fees or outlays need not be made out of property recovered or preserved (regulation 3(b)); and
(c) clarify that the amount referred to paragraph 8(a)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations which is to be left out of account is the amount paid by way of National Insurance contributions (regulation 4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1061/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-amendment-regulations-1994/note
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