# The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, Regulation 3: Application


(1) For the purposes of these regulations, the references in section 33(3A) and (3B) of the Act to criminal legal assistance relate to relevant criminal legal aid.
(2) These Regulations shall apply–
(a) in respect of relevant criminal legal aid first made available in terms of sections 22 or 24(7) of the Act, only in relation to any case where criminal legal aid is first so available on or after 1st April 1999; and
(b) in respect of relevant criminal legal aid first made available otherwise, only in relation to any case where an application for criminal legal aid is granted on or after that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/491/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-fixed-payments-scotland-regulations-1999/regulation-3
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