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The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2002

S.S.I. 2002/532 · Made 28 November 2002

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 28th November 2002

Coming into force 1st December 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(4) and 37(1) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 37(2) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 47. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Courts in which civil legal aid is available
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st December 2002.

2Courts in which civil legal aid is available

At the end of paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 (courts in which civil legal aid is available) to the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986f1 there is inserted–

  • “comprising an appeal to the Social Security Commissionersf2;

  • comprising an appeal to the Child Support Commissionersf3”.

Signature

JAMES WALLACE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th November 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations add proceedings comprising appeals to the Social Security Commissioners and appeals to the Child Support Commissioners to the list of proceedings at Part I of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 for which civil legal aid is available.