# The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Relevant Officer and Consequential Provisions) Order 2016, Paragraph 1: Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986


(1) The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 28D (availability of children’s legal aid: child)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”; and
(b) in subsection (4) , for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”.
(3) In section 28E (availability of children’s legal aid: relevant person)—
(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”; and
(b) in subsection (4), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”.
(4) In section 28F(1) (availability of children’s legal aid: appeals relating to deemed relevant person)—
(a) in paragraph (d), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”; and
(b) in paragraph (e)—
(i) for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”; and
(ii) for “sheriff principal’s” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court’s”.
(5) In section 28LA (power of Scottish Ministers to provide for children’s legal aid to be available to other persons in relation to court proceedings)—
(a) in subsection (3)(d), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”; and
(b) in subsection (5)(c), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111033289/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-relevant-officer-and-consequential-provisions-order-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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