Introductory Text
PART I Scottish Legal Aid Board
The Board
1.The Scottish Legal Aid Board
2.Powers of the Board
3.Duties of the Board
The Fund
4.Scottish Legal Aid Fund
5.Accounts and audit
PART II Advice and Assistance
6.Definitions
7.Application of Part II
8.Availability of advice & assistance
9.Regulations may apply Part II to representation
10.Financial limit
11.Clients' contributions.
12.Payment of fees or outlays otherwise than through clients' contributions.
PART III Civil Legal Aid
13.Meaning of " civil legal aid ".
14.Availability of civil legal aid
15.Financial conditions
Expenses
16.Expenses in favour of certain assisted persons
17.Contributions, and payments out of property recovered
18.Expenses of unassisted party
19.Expenses out of the Fund
20.Provisions supplementary to sections 18 and 19
PART IV Criminal Legal Aid
21.Scope and nature of criminal legal aid
22.Automatic availability of criminal legal aid
23.Power of the court to grant legal aid
24.Legal aid in summary proceedings
25.Legal aid in appeals
PART V Employment of Solicitors by the Board
26.Employment to which Part V applies
27.Arrangements for employment to which Part V applies
28.General provisions relating to employment to which Part V applies
PART VI Miscellaneous
Proceedings in relation to children
29.Legal aid in certain proceedings relating to children
Contempt of court
30.Legal aid in contempt proceedings
Solicitors and counsel
31.Solicitors and counsel
32.Restriction on payment and employment of solicitor or counsel
33.Fees and outlays of solicitors and counsel
Information
34.Confidentiality of information
35.False information, etc.
Regulations and rules of court
36.Regulations
37.Parliamentary procedure
38.Rules of court
Rights of indemnity
39.Adaptation of rights to indemnity
General
40.Finance
41.Interpretation
42.Disposable income and capital
43.Act not to affect certain taxations etc.
44.Crown application
45.Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals
46.Short title, commencement and extent
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
The Scottish Legal Aid Board
Incorporation and Status
1.The Board shall be a body corporate with a common...
2.(1) The Board is not an emanation of the Crown...
Tenure of Members
3.Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 below any member of...
4.(1) The chairman or a member may resign office by...
5.The Secretary of State may terminate the appointment of a...
Remuneration of members
6.(1) The Board may— (a) pay to its members such...
Staff
7.(1) The Board shall, after consultation with, and subject to...
8.(1) Subject to paragraph 9 below, the Board may appoint,...
9.(1) The Board shall, not later than such date as...
10.(1) Where a person becomes an employee of the Board...
11.(1) Any dispute as to whether an offer under sub-paragraph...
Proceedings
12.(1) Subject to anything in regulations made by the Secretary...
Allowances
13.The Board may pay to each of its members and...
Instruments
14.(1) The fixing of the seal of the Board shall...
Board not dominus litis
15.Nothing done by the Board for the purpose of securing...
SCHEDULE 2
PART I Courts in which Civil Legal Aid is Available
1.Civil legal aid shall be available in relation to civil...
2.For the purposes of section 13 of this Act, proceedings...
PART II Excepted Proceedings
1.Subject to paragraph 2 below, civil legal aid shall not...
2.The making of a counterclaim for defamation or verbal injury...
3.Civil legal aid shall not be available in relation to—...
SCHEDULE 3
Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Maintenance Orders {Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c.18)
1.(1) In section 31(1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement)...
2.(1) Section 43A of that Act shall be amended as...
The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
3.In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)
4.In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
5.In section 75(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 for...
The Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74)
6.In section 66(6) of the Race Relations Act 1976 for...
The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.46)
7.In section 35(4) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 for...
8.(1) Section 51 of that Act shall be amended as...
The Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.52)
9.In section 9B(4) of the Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act...
SCHEDULE 4
Transitional Provisions and Savings
The Legal Aid (Scotland) Fund
1.(1) On the appointed day the Legal Aid (Scotland) Fund...
Rights, obligations and property
2.Subject to paragraph 1 above, on the appointed day all...
Legal aid and advice and assistance
3.(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect any legal aid...
4.(1) Any application for legal aid duly made under the...
Pensions
5.Any arrangements made by the Law Society under section 12...
General
6.(1) In this Schedule "the appointed day" means the day...
SCHEDULE 5
Repeals