Regulation 2 Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996

The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.

For regulation 5(3) substitute–

• “Where a duty solicitor is available by virtue of arrangements made by the Board in accordance with sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) above, section 31(1) of the Act shall not apply, and criminal legal aid for the purposes specified in the said sub paragraph (d) shall be provided only by such solicitor unless the proceedings take place before a court which has been designated as a youth court or a domestic abuse court by the sheriff principal.”.