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Statutory Instruments
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND
Made
5th March 1993
Laid before Parliament
11th March 1993
Coming into force
1st April 1993
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 36(1) and (2)(a) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
2. In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987(2).
3. In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following definitions:-
(a)after the definition of "assisted person":-
""counsel" includes a rights of audience solicitor;
"junior counsel" includes a rights of audience solicitor;"; and
(b)at the end:-
""rights of audience solicitor" means a solicitor having a right of audience in the High Court by virtue of section 25A (rights of audience in specified courts) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980(3); and
"senior counsel" includes a rights of audience solicitor.".
Fraser of Carmyllie
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
5th March 1993
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987 ("the principal Regulations") by defining the references to Counsel, Junior Counsel and Senior Counsel in the principal Regulations as including a reference to a solicitor having a right of audience in the High Court by virtue of section 25A (rights of audience in specified courts) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (section 25A was inserted in the 1980 Act by section 24 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990).
1980 c. 46: section 25A was inserted by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40), section 24.
