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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987 by—

(a)

increasing the amounts by which an assisted person’s resources may change before they are required to have them re-assessed (regulation 2) and

(b)

providing that account is taken of payments under the provisions of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 in respect of rates and community charges in computing disposable income of legal aid applicants (regulation 3).