The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/2320
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 26th September 1995.

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

Section 2 Application

These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for criminal legal aid is made to the Board on or after 26th September 1995.

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 4(1)(f) of the principal Regulations (distinct proceedings for purposes of criminal legal aid) after the word “sentence” there shall be inserted “, other disposal”.

Section 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 13(1) of the principal Regulations (legal aid for criminal appeals)—

(a) after the word “sentence” there shall be inserted “, other disposal”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “except where the appeal is against acquittal” there shall be substituted—

in the case of an application for criminal legal aid in respect of an appeal under section 228(1) or 442(1)(a) of the 1975 Act where the person was, before 26th September 1995, convicted of or, as the case may be, found to have committed the offence

(c) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

(d) in the case of an application for criminal legal aid to which section 25(2)(c) of the Act applies, include a statement of the grounds of appeal and any other circumstances which the applicant considers relevant to enable the Board to be satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case it is in the interests of justice that the applicant should receive criminal legal aid.