<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161" NumberOfProvisions="11" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="1.0" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24"><ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Advice and Assistance and Legal Aid (Online Applications etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011</dc:title><dc:subject>Legal aid and advice</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">LEGAL AID AND ADVICE</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-09-01</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2013-06-24</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations amend the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996, the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996, the Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) Regulations 1992, the Legal Aid (Scotland) Children Regulations 1997, the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 and the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002 to allow the Scottish Legal Aid Board (“the Board”) to determine the form in which applications should be made to it, which may include an online form. Where the Regulations outlined above require a statement, information, document, notice, notification or other correspondence to be sent, given, supplied, brought to the attention of or otherwise provided to the Board, the Regulations allow the Board to determine in what form this should be done, which may include an online form.</dc:description>
					<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/data.xml" type="application/xml"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/resources" title="More Resources"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/executive-note" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/executive-note" title="Executive Note"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/executive-note/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/executive-note/contents" title="Executive Note Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161" title="whole act"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/introduction" title="introduction"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/signature" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/signature" title="signature"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/note" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/note" title="note"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/body" title="body"/>
					
					
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/data.akn" title="AKN"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/data.csv" title="CSV"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>

					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents" title="Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/replaces" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/2011-04-01" title="2011-04-01"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/made" title="made"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/2011-04-01" title="2011-04-01"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/contents/2013-06-24" title="2013-06-24"/>
					
					
					<ukm:SecondaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="secondary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="ScottishStatutoryInstrument"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/><ukm:DocumentMinorType Value="regulation"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2011"/><ukm:Number Value="161"/><ukm:Made Date="2011-02-24"/><ukm:Laid Date="2011-02-28" Class="ScottishParliament"/><ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:DateTime Date="2011-04-01"/></ukm:ComingIntoForce><ukm:ISBN Value="9780111013397"/></ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
					

									<ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/pdfs/ssien_20110161_en.pdf" Date="2011-02-28" Title="Executive Note" Size="78790"/></ukm:Alternatives>       
								</ukm:Notes> 
					<ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/pdfs/ssi_20110161_en.pdf" Date="2011-02-28" Size="48457"/></ukm:Alternatives>
					
					<ukm:Statistics>
									<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="11"/>
									<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="11"/>
									<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
								</ukm:Statistics>
				</ukm:Metadata><Contents>
<ContentsTitle>The Advice and Assistance and Legal Aid (Online Applications <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation>) (Scotland) Regulations<Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>2011</ContentsTitle>

<ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/regulation/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/regulation/1" RestrictExtent="S"><ContentsNumber>1</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Citation and commencement</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/regulation/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/regulation/2" RestrictExtent="S"><ContentsNumber>2</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/regulation/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/regulation/3" RestrictExtent="S"><ContentsNumber>3</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/regulation/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/regulation/4" RestrictExtent="S"><ContentsNumber>4</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Amendment of the Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) Regulations 1992</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/regulation/5" RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24" RestrictExtent="S" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/regulation/5"><ContentsNumber>5</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Amendment of the Legal Aid (Scotland) (Children) Regulations 1997</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/regulation/6" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/regulation/6" RestrictExtent="S"><ContentsNumber>6</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Amendment of the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/regulation/7" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/regulation/7" RestrictExtent="S"><ContentsNumber>7</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem>


</Contents><Secondary><SecondaryPrelims DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/161/introduction" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/161/introduction" RestrictStartDate="2011-04-01" RestrictExtent="S">
<Number>2011 No. 161</Number>
<SubjectInformation>
<Subject>
<Title>Legal Aid And Advice</Title>
</Subject>
</SubjectInformation>
<Title>The Advice and Assistance and Legal Aid (Online Applications etc.) (Scotland) Regulations<Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>2011</Title>
<MadeDate>
<Text>Made</Text>
<DateText>24th February 2011</DateText>
</MadeDate>
<LaidDate>
<Text>Laid before the Scottish Parliament</Text>
<DateText>28th February 2011</DateText>
</LaidDate>
<ComingIntoForce>
<Text>Coming into force</Text>
<DateText>1st April 2011</DateText>
</ComingIntoForce>
<SecondaryPreamble>
<EnactingText>
<Para>
<Text>The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section<Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>36(1) and (2)(a) and (d) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> and all other powers enabling them to do so.</Text></Para>
</EnactingText>
</SecondaryPreamble>
</SecondaryPrelims></Secondary><Footnotes><Footnote id="f00001">
<FootnoteText>
<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/47" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1986" Number="0047">1986 c.47</Citation>; section 36 has been amended for purposes not relevant to these Regulations. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/46" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1998" Number="0046">1998 (c.46)</Citation>.</Text></Para>
</FootnoteText>
</Footnote></Footnotes></Legislation>