UK Act of Parliament
1986
United Kingdom
Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986
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3 compliance obligations
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Schedules
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(1) Where a person becomes an employee of the Board...
(1) Any dispute as to whether an offer under sub-paragraph...
(1) Subject to anything in regulations made by the Secretary...
The Board may pay to each of its members and...
Nothing done by the Board for the purpose of securing...
(1) The Board is not an emanation of the Crown...
Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 below any member of...
(1) The chairman or a member may resign office by...
The Secretary of State may terminate the appointment of a...
(1) The Board may— (a) pay to its members such...
(1) The Board shall, after consultation with, and subject to...
(1) Subject to paragraph 9 below, the Board may appoint,...
(1) The Board shall, not later than such date as...
(1) An organisation which satisfies the Board that it complies...
(1) An application for entry on the register of advice...
(1) In determining any application for entry on the register...
(1) The Board shall prepare a code of practice (an...
The Board is to monitor— (a) the provision of advice...
(1) Where it appears to the Board (whether or not...
(1) A decision by the Board to refuse an application...
Proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland
Civil legal aid shall not be available in relation to...
In paragraph 3A— (a) “ actions for personal injury ”...
Subject to paragraph 5 below, civil legal aid shall not...
Nothing in paragraph 4 above shall preclude any third party...
(1) In section 31(1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement)...
(1) Section 43A of that Act shall be amended as...
In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
In section 75(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 for...
In section 66(6) of the Race Relations Act 1976 for...
In section 35(4) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 for...
(1) Section 51 of that Act shall be amended as...
In section 9B(4) of the Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act...
(1) On the appointed day the Legal Aid (Scotland) Fund...
Subject to paragraph 1 above, on the appointed day all...
(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect any legal aid...
(1) Any application for legal aid duly made under the...
Any arrangements made by the Law Society under section 12...
(1) In this Schedule “the appointed day” means the day...
Financial limit.
- Do not exceed £60 cost limit for legal aid advice without Board approval
Supervision of registered solicitors and firms.
- Comply with the code of practice for criminal legal assistance
Duty to comply with code of practice
- Solicitors/firms on children's register must follow code of practice
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The Scottish Legal Aid Board.
Powers of the Board.
Duties of the Board.
Scottish Legal Aid Fund.
Power of Board to make grants for certain purposes
Accounts and audit.
Definitions.
Application of Part II.
Availability of advice & assistance.
Criminal advice and assistance: automatic availability in certain circumstances
Regulations may apply Part II to representation.
Clients' contributions: general
Clients' contributions: specified criminal assistance by way of representation
Payment of fees or outlays otherwise than through clients’ contributions.
Register of advice organisations
Advice and assistance
Meaning of “civil legal aid”.
Availability of civil legal aid.
Financial conditions.
Expenses in favour of certain assisted persons.
Contributions, and payments out of property recovered.
Expenses of unassisted party.
Expenses out of the Fund.
Provisions supplementary to sections 18 and 19.
Scope and nature of criminal legal aid.
Automatic availability of criminal legal aid.
Power of the court to grant legal aid.
Legal aid in solemn proceedings
Legal aid in summary proceedings.
Legal aid in appeals.
Criminal Legal Assistance Register.
Legal aid in respect of appeals under section 303A of the 1995 Act.
Legal aid in references, appeals or applications for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court
Code of practice in relation to criminal legal assistance.
Removal of name from Register following failure to comply with code.
Further provision as to removal of name from Register.
Publication of Register.
Employment to which Part V applies.
Arrangements for employment to which Part V applies.
General provisions relating to employment to which Part V applies.
Power of Board to employ solicitors to provide criminal assistance.
Children's legal aid
Circumstances where children's legal aid automatically available
Availability of children's legal aid: child
Availability of children's legal aid: relevant person
Availability of children's legal aid: appeals relating to deemed relevant person
Conditions
Board to establish review procedures
Board's power to require compliance with conditions
Contributions to the Fund
Power of Scottish Ministers to extend or restrict types of proceedings before children's hearings in which children's legal aid to be available
Power of Scottish Ministers to provide for children's legal aid to be available to other persons in relation to court proceedings
Power of Scottish Ministers to provide for children's legal aid to be available in relation to proceedings under the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019
Register of solicitors and firms eligible to provide children's legal assistance
Code of practice
Non-compliance with code of practice
Further provision as to removal of name from register
Publication of register
Legal aid in respect of certain proceedings relating to children.
Legal aid in contempt proceedings.
Solicitors and counsel.
Restriction on payment and employment of solicitor or counsel.
Fees and outlays of solicitors and counsel.
Contracts for the provision of criminal legal assistance.
Contracts for the provision of children's legal assistance
Regulations about contributions for criminal legal assistance
Claim for interim payment
Recovery where interim payment excessive
Confidentiality of information.
False information etc.
Power of Board to require information.
Information about legal services
Power of Board to enter premises and investigate.
Suspension of payments to solicitor.
Regulations.
Parliamentary procedure.
Rules of court.
Adaptation of rights to indemnity.
Finance.
Interpretation.
Regulations in relation to criminal legal assistance.
Disposable income and capital.
Act not to affect certain taxations etc.
Applications of Act to services provided under Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990.
Crown application.
Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
Short title, commencement and extent.
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