# Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986, Introduction: Introductory text

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An Act to establish the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Scottish Legal Aid Fund; to make new provision in connection with the availability of criminal legal aid in Scotland; to repeal and re-enact with modifications certain enactments relating to legal aid and to advice and assistance in Scotland; and for connected purposes.
[25th July 1986]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/introduction
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