The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/532
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987 .

Section 3 Amendment of principal Regulations

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;

(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 ; and

“senior counsel” includes a rights of audience solicitor.