Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st November 2002.
Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999
2.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.
(2) In the definition of “excluded proceedings” in regulation 2(1), after sub-paragraph (j) there is inserted–
“(k)proceedings in relation to which legal aid is only available by virtue of section 22(1)(dd)(2) of the Act (solicitor appointed by court for person accused of sexual offence)”.
R. J. SIMPSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
25th September 2002