The Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2015/337 |
| Year | 2015 |
S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2015 No. 337
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE
The Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland)
Regulations 2015
Made - - - - 17th September 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 17th September 2015
Coming into force - - 22nd September 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by
sections 33(2), (3) and (3A) and 36(2)(c) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986(a) and all other
powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland)
Regulations 2015 and come into force on 22nd September 2015.
Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989
2.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989(b) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 4, Table of Fees A(c) (fees of counsel for proceedings in the Court of
Session)—
(a) in Chapter 3 (petitions for judicial review) of Part 1 (junior counsel)—
(i) in paragraph 2 of the table, for “Motion for first orders” substitute “Oral hearing at
permission stage or procedural hearing”; and
(ii) in paragraph 3 of the table, for “First or second hearing” substitute “Substantive
hearing”.
(a) 1986 c.47; section 33(2) was amended by the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), section 67.
Section 33(3A) was inserted by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48), section 51. The functions of the
Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 53.
(b) S.I. 1989/1490; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2003/178, S.S.I. 2004/281, S.S.I. 2007/14, S.S.I. 2009/203, S.S.I.
2011/160 and 2013/144.
(c) Table of Fees A was substituted by S.S.I. 2011/160.
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