Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 2003
2.—(1) The Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (application of Part II of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 to assistance by way of representation: miscellaneous proceedings), at the end of paragraph (r) insert—
“; and
(s)any claim made to an Additional Support Needs Tribunal for Scotland in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 17 to the Equality Act 2010(2) (which provides for claims to be made to a tribunal that a responsible body of a school has contravened Chapter 1 of Part 6 of that Act because of a person’s disability)”.
(3) Paragraphs (1A) to (1E) of regulation 6A are revoked.
(4) In regulation 13 (assistance by way of representation requiring approval of the Board)—
(a)in paragraph (1), after “(m)” insert “, (s)”; and
(b)in paragraph (2), after “3(m)” insert “and (s)”.