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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-profession-and-legal-aid-scotland-act-2007/section-71",
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  "legislation": "asp/2007/5",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-profession-and-legal-aid-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/71",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Availability of civil legal aid for defamation or verbal injury",
  "text": "(1) The 1986 Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 14 (availability of civil legal aid), after subsection (1B) insert—\n“(1C) In the case of proceedings described in paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 to this Act, civil legal aid shall be available to a person only if, in addition to the requirements which have to be met under subsection (1) and section 15 of this Act and subject to paragraph 2 of Part II of Schedule 2, such criteria as may be set out by the Scottish Ministers in directions given to the Board are met.\n(1D) A direction given under subsection (1C) may—\n(a) include criteria in respect of which the Board may require to satisfy itself;\n(b) make different provision for different purposes;\n(c) be varied or revoked at any time.\n(1E) Where the Scottish Ministers give a direction under subsection (1C)—\n(a) the Board must comply with it;\n(b) the Scottish Ministers must arrange for the direction to be published in such manner as they consider appropriate.”.\n(3) In Part II of Schedule 2 (excepted proceedings)—\n(a) in paragraph 1, after “to” insert “ section 14(1C) and ”;\n(b) in paragraph 2, the words “, and legal” to the end are repealed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/5/section/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:01.165335+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."
}