{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/47",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Expenses in favour of certain assisted persons.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . .in sections 17 to 20 of this Act—\n“court” includes tribunal and references to either shall be construed in accordance with section 13(6) of this Act;\n“legally assisted person” means a person in receipt of civil legal aid in the proceedings in question or a person in receipt of assistance by way of representation in any proceedings to which this Part applies.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16(1) repealed by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), ss. 44, 45(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 2(a), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), ss. 44, 45(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 2(b), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(2) added (6.7.2001) by 2001 asp 7, ss. 6(4), 15(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/section/16",
    "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."
}