http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/47/section/35Legal 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 Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 4(2)(aba) (abb)Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007s. 75(2)s. 77s. 82(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 4(2)(ba)Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007s. 70(1)s. 77s. 82(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 4(3)(ca) (cb)Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007s. 75(3)s. 77s. 82(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 10(1A) (1B)Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007s. 69(3)s. 77s. 82(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 12C and cross-headingLegal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007s. 70(2)s. 77s. 82(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 17(2C)-(2I)Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007s. 75(4)s. 77s. 82(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 4(2)(aba)The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011art. 5(2)(a)art. 2(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 4(2)(abb)The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011art. 5(2)(b)art. 2(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 17(2DA)(2DB)The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011art. 5(3)art. 2(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 9A 9BScottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013s. 18(2)s. 25(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 25AA(5)-(9)Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013s. 21s. 25(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 25AC 25ADScottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013s. 20s. 25(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 21(1)(a)(iza)Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025sch. 5 para. 1(2)s. 116(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 21(5)Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025sch. 5 para. 1(3)s. 116(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 22(1)(df)Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025sch. 5 para. 1(4)s. 116(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 28B(3)(da)Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 58(2)s. 70(2)Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986s. 28C(1)(da)Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 58(3)(a)s. 70(2) Part VI351If any person seeking or receiving legal aid or advice and assistance—awilfully fails to comply with any regulations as to the information to be furnished by him; orbfor the purpose of obtaining legal aid or advice and assistance knowingly makes any false statement or false representation,he shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 60 days or to both.2Notwithstanding section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) above may be commenced at any time within 2 years from the date of the commission of the offence or within 6 months from the date when evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify proceedings comes to his knowledge, whichever period is the shorter; and for the purposes of this subsection a certificate by the Lord Advocate as to the date on which such evidence came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.Words in s. 35(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 63(10)