{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-37.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/47",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Parliamentary procedure.",
  "text": "(1) Regulations under this Act shall be made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument and, except as provided in subsection (2) below, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(2) No regulations shall be made under section 7, 8A(1), 9, 11(2), 13(4), 17(2), 21(2), 24(4), 28C(3), 28K(2), 28L(1) or (8), 28LA(1), 28LB(1), , 33ZA(1) or 36(2)(b) of this Act unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.\n(3) . . ..",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 37(2) inserted (30.10.2010) by Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 15), ss. 2(4), 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 37(2) inserted (24.6.2013) by Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1), s. 206(2), sch. 5 para. 1(7) (with s. 186); S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 37(2) inserted (28.11.2016) by Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8), s. 102(3), sch. 5 para. 3(3); S.S.I. 2016/254, art. 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 37(2) inserted (31.3.2020) by Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 7), ss. 73(4), 84(2); S.S.I. 2020/74, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 37(2) inserted (11.10.2013) by Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013 (asp 3), ss. 23(10), 25(2); S.S.I. 2013/262, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 37(3) repealed (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 86(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/section/37",
    "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."
}