1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Youth Courts) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 2nd June 2003.
2.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.
(2) After regulation 6(3) there shall be inserted–
“(4) Where the duty solicitor represents an accused person before a court which has been designated a youth court by the sheriff principal, the maximum fees prescribed in regulation 6(2) shall not apply.”.
3.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996(2), shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.
(2) In regulation 5, at the end of paragraph (3) there shall be inserted–
“unless the proceedings take place before a court which has been designated as a youth court by the sheriff principal.”.
4.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999(3) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.
(2) In paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 1(4) after “sentence” there shall be inserted “or per appearance in a court which has been designated as a youth court by the sheriff principal, at a hearing in respect of a community supervision order.”.
JIM WALLACE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
12th May 2003