{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/47",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Availability of advice & assistance.",
  "text": "Subject to any provision made in regulations under section 8A(1) or 9(1) and section 11(2) of this Act, advice and assistance to which this Part applies shall be available in Scotland for any client if—\n(a) his disposable income does not exceed £245 a week; or\n(b) he is (directly or indirectly) in receipt of universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, income support , an income-based jobseeker's allowance (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995) or an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance),,\nand his disposable capital does not exceed £1,716.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 inserted (30.10.2010) by Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 15), ss. 2(2), 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 inserted (11.10.2013) by Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013 (asp 3), ss. 23(3), 25(2); S.S.I. 2013/262, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 8(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(2) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(b) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/137), regs. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(b) substituted (8.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 47, 61, Sch. 3 para. 11; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(4)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(b) substituted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), ss. 28(1), 70(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(3); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 8 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(3) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8 modified (7.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2447, reg. 5(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. II (ss. 6–12) applied by S.I. 1988/2290, reg. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/section/8",
    "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."
}