Regulation 13 Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002I1

The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 33(a) (payments out of property recovered or preserved: exceptions), after sub-paragraph (xii) insert—

“(xiii)

by way of universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012”.

In paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 (rules for computing disposable income), after sub-paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)

universal credit paid under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012”.

In paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 (rules for computing disposable capital), after “support allowance” insert “or universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012”.