{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2002/494",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Employment of counsel and expert witnesses and prior approval of the Board in cases of work of an unusual nature or likely to involve unusually large expenditure",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the prior approval of the Board shall be required–\n(a) for the employment in the Supreme Court of counsel other than Scottish counsel;\n(b) for the employment in the Court of Session of senior counsel or of more than one junior counsel;\n(c) for the employment of counsel in the sheriff court, the Scottish Land Court, the Lands Tribunal for Scotland , the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland , the Upper Tribunal for Scotland or the Employment Appeal Tribunal or in proceedings before the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission, the Social Security Commissioners or the Upper Tribunal;\n(ca) for the employment of counsel in the Sheriff Appeal Court;\n(d) for the employment of any expert witness; and\n(e) for work of an unusual nature or likely to involve unusually large expenditure.\n(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply where the Board, on an application made to it for retrospective approval for the employment of counsel, of an expert witness, or, as the case may be, for work of an unusual nature, considers that that employment or work would have been approved by it and that there was special reason why prior approval was not applied for.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Legal Aid (Supreme Court) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/312), regs. 1, 8(7) (with regs. 2, 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21(1)(c) inserted (1.12.2017) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/310), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21(1)(c) inserted (1.12.2016) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/257), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21(1)(c) substituted (9.6.2010) by The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Transfer of Tribunal Functions) (No. 1) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/166), regs. 1, 6(4) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 21(1)(ca) inserted (1.1.2016) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/380), regs. 1, 3(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/494/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:39:24.195189+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}