Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

Part I S Courts in which Civil Legal Aid is Available

1 S Civil legal aid shall be available in relation to civil proceedings in—

• [F1 the [F2 Supreme Court], in references, appeals and applications for special leave to appeal under paragraphs 10, 12 [F3 , 13(b), 32 and 33] of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998;]

• the [F4 Supreme Court], in appeals from the Court of Session;

• the Court of Session;

• the Lands Valuation Appeal Court;

• the Scottish Land Court;

• [F5 the Sheriff Appeal Court;]

• the sheriff court,

and in relation to proceedings—

• before any person to whom a case is referred in whole or in part by a court mentioned above;

• F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• in the Lands Tribunal for Scotland;

• in the Employment Appeal Tribunal[F7 ;

• before the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission;]

• [F8 comprising an appeal to the Social Security Commissioners;

• F9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .];

• [F10 before the Upper Tribunal of the type described in paragraph 3].

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1: entry inserted (6.5.1999) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.1) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1042), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 11(5)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 40, 148(1), Sch. 9 {para. 85(4)}; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F3 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1 substituted (8.2.2007) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), ss. 73(2), 82(2) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2007/57, art. 2(c)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 45; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F5 Sch. 2 Pt. 1para. 1: entry inserted (1.1.2016) by The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), sch. 5 para. 14(4); S.S.I. 2015/378, art. 2, sch

F6 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1: entry omitted (19.2.2001) by virtue of S.S.I. 2001/42, regs. 2, 3(a)

F7 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1: entry added (19.2.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/42, regs. 2, 3(b)

F8 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1: entries inserted (1.12.2002) by The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/532), reg. 2

F9 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1: entry omitted (9.6.2010) by virtue of The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Transfer of Tribunal Functions) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/239), reg. 3(2) (with reg. 2)

F10 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1: entry inserted (9.6.2010) by The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Transfer of Tribunal Functions) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I 2010/239), {reg. 3(3)}

2 S For the purposes of section 13 of this Act, proceedings in the European Court of Justice on a reference, under [F11 Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union], made by a court mentioned in paragraph 1 above are part of the proceedings in the court making the reference.

Textual Amendments

F11 Words in Sch 2. para. 2 substituted (1.8.2012) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1809), art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 2(2))

Proceedings for judicial review before the Upper Tribunal S

[F12 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.]

Textual Amendments

F12 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3 inserted (9.6.2010) by The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Transfer of Tribunal Functions) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/239), reg. 3(4)