The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/970
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 12th April 1993.

(2) In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.

Section 2

These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board on or after 12th April 1993.

Section 3

For the purposes of section 17(2)(a) of the Act (contribution in respect of income payable where disposable income is above a specified yearly amount but not to exceed a specified proportion of the excess):–

(a) there shall be substituted for the yearly amount of £3,060 specified in that section the yearly amount of £2,293; and

(b) there is prescribed one third as the proportion of the excess (excess of disposable income which a contribution cannot exceed).

Section 4

Regulation 4 of the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1992( ) is hereby revoked.