{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/47",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Financial conditions.",
  "text": "(1) A person shall be eligible for civil legal aid if his disposable income does not exceed £26,239 a year.\n(2) A person may be refused civil legal aid if—\n(a) his disposable capital exceeds £13,017; and\n(b) it appears to the Board that he can afford to proceed without legal aid.\n(3) For the purposes of this section, a person’s disposable income and disposable capital shall be determined by the Board.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 15(1) substituted (11.4.2011) by The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/217), regs. 1, 4(5) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 15(2)(a) substituted (11.4.2011) by The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/217), regs. 1, 4(6) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 15(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil and Family Justice (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/441), regs. 1(2)(b), 8 (with regs. 12, 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 15 modified (7.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2444, reg. 47(2)(a)S. 15 modified (1.12.2002) by The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/494), reg. 45S. 15 modified (1.12.2002) by The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/494), reg. 46(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 15 excluded by S.I. 1987/381, regs. 46(2)(a), 47(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:56.156299+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}