Regulation 4 Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Regulations 1993

For regulation 3 (financial limit) substitute–

“There is substituted in the place of the sum of £50 specified in section 10(2) of the Act as originally enacted–

(a)

in a case to which regulation 4 of these Regulations applies–

(i)

where the advice and assistance or assistance by way of representation relates to a civil matter which is a distinct matter or to a civil matter which is not distinct but following application to the Scottish Legal Aid Board is to be treated as if it were so, the sum of £180; and

(ii)

in any other case, the sum of £150; and

(b)

in a case to which regulation 4 of these Regulations does not apply–

(i)

where the advice and assistance or assistance by way of representation relates to a children’s matter, a civil matter which is a distinct matter or a civil matter which is not distinct but following application to the Scottish Legal Aid Board is to be treated as if it were so, the sum of £95;

(ii)

where the advice and assistance or assistance by way of representation relates to a civil matter not falling within sub paragraph (i), the sum of £35; and

(iii)

in any other case, the sum of £80.”.