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The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000

S.S.I. 2000/182 · Made 13 June 2000

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 13th June 2000

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 15th June 2000

Coming into force 7th July 2000

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 36(1) and (2)(a), 37(1) and 42 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 47; section 37 was amended by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 86(4). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of principal Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 7th July 2000.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996f1.

2Amendment of principal Regulations

(1)

The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2)

In paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 2f1–

(a)

after the word “column” in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), for the figure “2” there is substituted “(2)”;

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), there is inserted “as at the date when the computation period began”; and

(c)

in sub-paragraph (c), for “2(1)(c)” there is substituted “2(1)(b)”.

Signature

JAMES R WALLACE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

13th June 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”) so as to make minor technical and drafting amendments.