141Availability of legal services
In the 1986 Act—
(a)in section 1 (the Scottish Legal Aid Board), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)The Board also has the general function of monitoring the availability and accessibility of legal services in Scotland (including by reference to any relevant factor relating particularly to rural or urban areas).”,
(b)in section 2 (powers of the Board), after subsection (2)(d) insert—
“(da)to give the Scottish Ministers such advice as it may consider appropriate in relation to the availability and accessibility of legal services in Scotland;”,
(c)in section 3 (duties of the Board), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)The Board is, from time to time, to give the Scottish Ministers such information as they may require relating to the availability and accessibility of legal services in Scotland.”.