Amendment of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

3.—(1) Part I of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986(1) (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 Tribunal

3.  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 2007(2)..

(1)

Schedule 2 was relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2002/532, which inserted the reference to the Child Support Commissioners.