Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the provisions of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987 in the following respects.
They provide that—
legal aid may be made available for urgent work undertaken in specified circumstances (regulation 3(a));
further specified urgent steps may be taken by a solicitor without the prior authority of the Board (regulation 3(b));
the time limit for submission of applications is extended from 14 to 28 days (regulation 3(c));
the duty of prior payment of certain sums out of any property recovered or preserved shall not apply to articles mentioned in section 16 of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, nor to articles released on the order of the sheriff after successful application made to him in terms of section 23 of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (regulation 4).