The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022

Amendments to the Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Regulations 1993

3.—(1) The Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Regulations 1993(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) after the entry for “the Act” insert—

““court holiday” means a day prescribed as such (including an additional court holiday) in accordance with section 8(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(2);”, and

(b) after the entry for “distinct matter” insert—

““holiday court sitting” means a sitting of a sheriff court on a court holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday by virtue of an order under section 28 or 29 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014(3);”.

(3) In regulation 3 (financial limit)—

(a) in paragraph (b)(i), for “£95” substitute “£120”,

(b) in paragraph (b)(ii), for “£35” substitute “£45”,

(c) in paragraph (c)(i) and (ii), for “£90” substitute “£105”,

(d) in paragraph (c)(iii), for “£35” substitute “£45”,

(e) in paragraph (c)(iv), for “£550” substitute “£705”,

(f) in paragraph (c)(v), for “£185” substitute “£330”,

(g) in paragraph (c)(vi), for “, the sum of £90” substitute “£195”,

(h) in paragraph (c)(vii), for “, the sum of £90” substitute “£195”,

(i) in paragraph (c)(viii), for “, the sum of £165” substitute “£265”,

(j) in paragraph (c)(ix), for “£165” substitute “£185”, and

(k) in paragraph (c)(xii), (xiii) and (xiv), for “£200” substitute “£350”.

(1)

S.I. 1993/3187. Relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2007/248, S.S.I. 2008/251 and S.S.I. 2017/466.

(2)

1995 c. 46. Section 8(2) was amended by section 59(2) of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6) and S.S.I. 2015/150.

(3)

2014 asp 18.