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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996 to provide:

(a)

that the definition of “legal representative” is altered by the removal of reference to curator bonis, tutor and guardian, and by substituting reference to persons authorised to act on an adult’s behalf under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 and on a patient’s behalf under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003; and

(b)

references to the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 are replaced with references to the Mental Health Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.

The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 is replaced and repealed by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.