Regulation 8 Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996

In regulation 18, after paragraph 3, insert–

“(3A)

Where the solicitor has given advice and assistance by way of a diagnostic interview then he shall, within 3 months of the date when the giving of the advice and assistance was completed, submit an account to the Board separate from any account or accounts submitted under paragraph (1). No account supplementary to that provided for in this paragraph may be submitted.”.