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Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 6th February 2002.

Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 1997

2.  The Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 1997(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.

3.  In regulation 3 (application of Part II of the Act to assistance by way of representation: miscellaneous proceedings)–

(a)after paragraph (b) there is inserted–

(bb)proceedings under section 17 of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981(2);; and

(b)after paragraph (n) there is inserted–

(o)proceedings under section 5 of the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001(3)..

4.  In regulation 8A (prescribed proceedings)–

(a)before paragraph (a) there is inserted–

(aa)proceedings under section 17 of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981;; and

(b)after paragraph (c) there is inserted–

(d)proceedings under section 5 of the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001..

JAMES WALLACE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th February 2002