# The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

S.S.I. 2000/107 · made 7 April 2000

These Regulations increase certain of the financial limits of eligibility for civil legal aid under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.

Made under: Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (Section 36)

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE
Made 7th April 2000
Coming into force 10th April 2000
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 36(1) and (2)(b) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 37(2) of that Act, been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.

## 2 Application

These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board on or after 10th April 2000.

## 3 Amendment of the Act

For the yearly amount of £8,751 specified in section 15(1) of the Act, there shall be substituted the yearly amount of £8,891.

## 4 Amendment of the Act

For the yearly amount of £2,680 specified in section 17(2)(a) of the Act, there shall be substituted the yearly amount of £2,723.

## 5 Revocation

The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 are hereby revoked except in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board before 10th April 2000.

## Signature

ANGUS MacKAY
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th April 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations increase certain of the financial limits of eligibility for civil legal aid under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.
The income limits are increased to make eligible for civil legal aid, persons with a yearly disposable income of not more than £8,891 (instead of £8,751) and to make eligible without payment of a contribution, persons with a yearly disposable income of not more than £2,723 (instead of £2,680) (regulations 3 and 4).
The Regulations only apply in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board on or after 10th April 2000 (regulation 2).
The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 are revoked except in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board before 10th April 2000 (regulation 5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/107 (the official version)
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