{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-25F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-25F.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/47",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986",
  "path": "section/25F",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25F",
  "heading": "Publication of Register.",
  "text": "(1) The Board shall make available for inspection, without charge—\n(a) the Register;\n(b) any decision refusing an application for entry on the Register; and\n(c) any decision removing the name of a firm or solicitor from the Register,\nand the publication of a decision such as is mentioned in paragraphs (b) or (c) above shall be accompanied by a statement of the reasons for the decision.\n(2) The Board shall, as soon as is practicable after 1st December in each year, send a copy of the current Register to the Secretary of the Law Society.\n(3) When any change is made to the Register in the course of a year, the Board shall, as soon as is practicable, send written notice of that change to the Secretary of the Law Society.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. IVA (ss. 25A-25F) inserted (1.10.1997 for specified purposes, 1.4.1998 for further specified purposes and otherwise 1.10.1998) by 1997 c. 48, s.49; S.I. 1997/2323, art. 6 Sch.3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/section/25F",
    "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."
}