Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Amendment Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Regulations 1997
2. At the end of regulation 3 (proceedings in which criminal legal aid shall not be available) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Regulations 1997(1) there shall be added–
“(n)before a hearing established under–
(i)paragraph 12 or paragraph 59 of the Schedule to the Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001(2); or
(ii)section 10(2F) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993(3).”.
3. After that regulation, there shall be added–
“4. Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (l) and (m) of regulation 3 shall not apply where the proceedings described in those paragraphs take place before a court which has been designated as a drug court by the sheriff principal.”.
IAIN GRAY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th October 2001