# The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1996, Regulation 4A: Applications for advice and assistance: further provision


The requirement in regulation 4 for an application for advice and assistance to be signed does not apply in the case of—
(a) a client to whom section 32 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (right to have a solicitor present) applies;
(b) a person who is detained under section 41 or schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000;
(c) a person who is detained under part 1 of schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019;
(d) a person who is detained under section 27 of the National Security Act 2023.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2447/regulation/4A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-4A
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