# The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987.
The Regulations—
(a) extend the list of proceedings treated as distinct for the purposes of criminal legal aid to take account of amendments made to section 22(1) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (automatic availability of criminal legal aid) by section 64 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (legal aid in case involving insanity in bar of trial) and brought into force on 31st March 1996 by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (Commencement No.2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1996; and
(b) provide that the Board may, in all cases, where it is satisfied that there is good reason for so doing grant authority to an assisted person to nominate another specified solicitor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/627/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-amendment-regulations-1996/note
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