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The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2001

S.S.I. 2001/393 · Made 23 October 2001

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 23rd October 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 46(2) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

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
  2. 2Commencement of provisions
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2001.

2Commencement of provisions

The provisions of Part V of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986, insofar as they are not already in force, shall come into force on 2nd November 2001.

Signature

JAMES WALLACE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

23rd October 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into force of sections 26 to 28 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (“the Act”). These sections relate to the employment of solicitors by the Scottish Legal Aid Board. All provisions of the Act have now been commenced.