The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2017/310 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017 No. 310
Legal Aid And Advice
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
Made 20th September 2017
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22th September 2017
Coming into force 1st December 2017
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33(2)(a) and (3) and 36(1) and (2)(a) and (c) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 19861and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st December 2017.
Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Fees Regulations 1989
2.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 19892are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “auditor”, after “Lands Valuation Appeal Court” insert “, First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”3.
(3) After regulation 5(1A) (fees and outlays allowable to solicitors) insert—
“1B A solicitor’s fees in relation to proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland shall be calculated in accordance with schedule 2A.”.
(4) In regulation 10(1) (fees allowable to counsel), after “Sheriff Appeal Court” insert “, First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”.
(5) In schedule 2A (fees allowable for simple procedure cases)—
(a)
(a) in the heading of the schedule, after “cases” insert “and First-tier Tribunal for Scotland cases”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 5(a) of the Table of Fees, after “court” insert “or First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”.
(6) In schedule 4 (fees of counsel for proceedings in the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court, sheriff court and Upper Tribunal for Scotland)—
(a)
(a) in the heading, after “sheriff court” insert “, First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 8—
(i) after “petition”, insert “, application”;
(ii) after “defences”, insert “, representations”;
(c)
(c) in paragraph 13, after “sheriff court” insert “, First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”;
(d)
(d) in Table of Fees B (fees of counsel for proceedings in the sheriff court, the Sheriff Appeal Court and Upper Tribunal for Scotland)—
(i) in the heading, after “sheriff court” insert “, First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”;
(ii) in paragraph 1 of Part 1, after “family action” insert “or applications to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”;
(iii) in paragraph 2 of Part 1, after “family action” insert “or representations to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland”.
Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002
3.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 20024are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 4(1)(m) (distinct proceedings for the purposes of legal aid),...
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