Part 1Children’s care system
Chapter 5Children’s hearings
Children’s legal aid
58Children’s legal aid
(1)
The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 is amended as follows.
(2)
“(da)
proceedings before a children’s hearing or a pre-hearing panel if—
(i)
the statement of grounds specifies as a ground that the child to whom the proceedings relate has committed an offence, and
(ii)
the offence in question is such that, were the child prosecuted in respect of it, it would be or would most likely be prosecuted under solemn procedure,”.
(3)
In section 28C (circumstances where children’s legal aid automatically available)—
(a)
“(da)
a children’s hearing is arranged in relation to a child and—
(i)
the statement of grounds specifies as a ground that the child has committed an offence, and
(ii)
the offence in question is such that, were the child prosecuted in respect of it, it would be or would most likely be prosecuted under solemn procedure,”,
(b)
in subsection (2), in paragraph (b) for “or (d)” substitute “, (d) or (da)”
.