Regulation 3 Amendment of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

(1)

The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 31 (solicitors and counsel), after subsection (3)(c) insert—

“(d)
in the case of a solicitor investor in a licensed legal services provider, such conduct on the part of any person who is for the time being a solicitor investor in it.”.

(3)

In section 41 (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “firm”^f2, after “incorporated practice,” insert “a licensed legal services provider,”;

(b)

after the definition of “legal aid” insert—

““licensed legal services provider” and “solicitor investor” are to be construed in accordance with Part 2 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010;”; and

(c)

in the definition of “solicitor connected with a firm”^f3, after “sole solicitor” insert “, a solicitor investor in a firm”.

(4)

In Schedule 1A^f4, after paragraph 1(4)(b) (register of advice organisations) insert—

“(c)
a licensed legal services provider.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1986 c.47.
f2: The definition of “firm” was inserted by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48), Schedule 1, paragraph 12(10)(b).
f3: The definition of “solicitor connected with a firm” was inserted by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48), Schedule 1, paragraph 12(10)(b).
f4: Schedule 1A was inserted by the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), section 67(9).