{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014/schedule-5/paragraph-14",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/18",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In section 21(1) (criminal legal aid), in paragraph (a), after sub-paragraph (i) insert—\n“(ia) the Sheriff Appeal Court;”.\n(3) In section 25 (legal aid in appeals)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(b)—\n(i) for “or 175(2)” substitute “ , 175(2) or 194ZB(1) ”,\n(ii) after “leave” insert “ or permission ”,\n(b) in subsection (2A), after “High Court” insert “ or, in the case of an appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court, that Court ”,\n(c) in subsection (2B), after “High Court” insert “ or, in the case of an appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court, that Court ”,\n(d) in subsection (5)—\n(i) for “or 187” substitute “ , 187, 194ZD or 194ZE ”,\n(ii) after “leave” in each place where it occurs insert “ or permission ”.\n(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (courts in which civil legal aid is available), in paragraph 1, after the entry for the Scottish Land Court, insert— “ the Sheriff Appeal Court; ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 14(1)-(3) in force at 22.9.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 14(4) in force at 1.1.2016 by S.S.I. 2015/378, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}