The Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/529
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1992 .

Section 3 Amendment of principal Regulations

In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) there shall be inserted the following definitions:—

(a) after the definition of “the Act”:—

“counsel” includes a rights of audience solicitor;

(b) after the definition of “High Court”:—

“junior counsel” or “junior” includes a rights of audience solicitor;

(c) after the definition of “nominated solicitor”:—

“rights of audience solicitor” means a solicitor having a right of audience in the Court of Session or the High Court by virtue of section 25A (rights of audience in specified courts) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 ; and

“senior counsel” or “senior” means senior counsel and a rights of audience solicitor.