http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/section/23Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986An Act to establish the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Scottish Legal Aid Fund; to make new provision in connection with the availability of criminal legal aid in Scotland; to repeal and re-enact with modifications certain enactments relating to legal aid and to advice and assistance in Scotland; and for connected purposes.1986-07-25texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-23Expert Participation2024-04-30
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Part IV Criminal Legal Aid Power of the court to grant legal aid.231Criminal legal aid shall be available on an application made to the court—a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bwhere a person who has not previously been sentenced to imprisonment or detention has been convicted in summary proceedings, and the court is considering a sentence of imprisonment or detention or the imposition of imprisonment under section 396(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (failure to pay a fine when no time for payment is allowed),if the court is satisfied after consideration of the person’s financial circumstances that the expenses of the case cannot be met without undue hardship to him or his dependants.2In subsection (1) above, “the court” means—a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bin relation to summary proceedings, the court before which the proceedings are being taken,and references in that subsection to detention shall be construed in accordance with section 204(4)(b) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.S. 23(1)(a) repealed (25.11.2010) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), ss. 64(3)(a), 82(2) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2010/376, art 21975 c. 21. S. 23(2)(a) repealed (25.11.2010) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), ss. 64(3)(b), 82(2), (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2010/376, art 2Words in s. 23(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 63(4)