Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986
13.—(1) In section 8A(2) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986(1) (“the Legal Aid Act”), paragraphs (b) and (c) are repealed.
(2) To the extent that they were made in reliance on paragraph (b) or (c) of section 8A(2) of the Legal Aid Act, any regulations which had effect immediately before the relevant time continue to have effect as they did immediately before the relevant time in relation to a case in which a person is arrested or detained before the relevant time.
(3) In paragraph (2), “the relevant time” means the time at which this article comes into force.
1986 c.47. Section 8A was inserted by the Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 15), section 2(3); it has been amended by S.I. 2011/1739; by the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 3), sections 17 and 23(4); and by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), Schedule 21, Part 3, paragraph 50.