Amendment of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 19863

1

Part I of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 19862 (courts and tribunals in which civil legal aid is available) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In paragraph 1 omit “comprising an appeal to the Child Support Commissioners”.

3

At the end of paragraph 1 insert—

before the Upper Tribunal of the type described in paragraph 3

4

After paragraph 2 insert—

Proceedings for judicial review before the Upper Tribunal3

The proceedings before the Upper Tribunal mentioned in paragraph 1 are those arising from an application to the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court of Session that has been transferred under section 20 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 20073.