# The Children’s Legal Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2013, Regulation 24: Duty to report abuse of children’s legal aid


(1) Where an assisted person’s solicitor or counsel has reason to believe that the assisted person has—
(a) required that person’s case to be conducted unreasonably so as to incur an unjustifiable expense to the Fund or has required unreasonably that the case be continued; or
(b) wilfully failed to comply with any requirement of the Act or of these Regulations as to the information to be furnished by that assisted person or, in furnishing such information, has knowingly made a false statement or false representation,
the solicitor or counsel must immediately draw this matter to the attention of the Board.
(2) No solicitor or counsel is precluded, by reason of any privilege arising out of the relationship between counsel, solicitor and client, from disclosing to the Board any information, or from giving any opinion, which that solicitor or counsel is required to disclose or give to the Board under the Act or these Regulations, or which may enable the Board to perform its functions thereunder.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2013/9780111020401/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-childrens-legal-assistance-scotland-regulations-2013/regulation-24
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