Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 2003
3. In regulation 6 for paragraph (2) substitute–
“(2) The assistance by way of representation which may be provided under Part II of the Act in relation to summary criminal proceedings in a sheriff court which has been designated as a youth court, or as a domestic abuse court, by the sheriff principal shall include representation of an accused person following a finding of guilt but only where criminal legal aid has not been granted to that person in terms of section 24 of the Act.”.