http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/2011-04-01Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990An Act, as respects Scotland, to make new provision for the regulation of charities; to provide for the establishment of a board having functions in connection with the provision of conveyancing and executry services by persons other than solicitors, advocates and incorporated practices; to provide as to rights of audience in courts of law, legal services and judicial appointments, and for the establishment and functions of an ombudsman in relation to legal services; to amend the law relating to liquor licensing; to make special provision in relation to the giving of evidence by children in criminal trials; to empower a sheriff court to try offences committed in the district of a different sheriff court in the same sheriffdom; to provide as to probation and community service orders and the supervision and care of persons on probation and on release from prison and for supervised attendance as an alternative to imprisonment on default in paying a fine; to amend Part I of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 with respect to the registration and enforcement of confiscation orders in relation to the proceeds of drug trafficking; to amend section 24 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; to provide a system for the settlement by arbitration of international commercial disputes; to amend Part II of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977; and to make certain other miscellaneous reforms of the law.990-1.-1.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2019-03-04Expert Participation2011-04-01 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 8 Amendment of EnactmentsPart II Miscellaneous The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47)361In subsection (3) of section 4 (Scottish Legal Aid Fund) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986—aparagraph (a) shall cease to have effect; andbin paragraph (c), after the word “property” there shall be inserted “ (including money) ”.2In subsection (1) of section 6 (definitions) of that Act, for the words “if and so far as may be necessary”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ where appropriate ”.3In subsection (2) of section 13 (meaning of “civil legal aid”) of that Act, for the words “(so far as is necessary)” there shall be substituted the words “ , where appropriate, ”.4In subsection (3) of section 14 (availability of civil legal aid) of that Act, at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to subsections (4) to (6) below, ”.5After the said subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsections—4Where—athe Board has refused an application for civil legal aid by a person who has applied for such aid for the purpose of raising an action against the Board; andbthe applicant has applied to the Board for a review of his application,the Board shall, unless they decide to grant the application forthwith, refer the application, together with all relevant precognitions, statements and other papers, including any observations they wish to make on the application, to the sheriff for Lothian and Borders at Edinburgh.5Subject to section 15 of this Act, and to subsection (2) above, where the sheriff decides—athat the applicant has aprobabilis causa litigandi; andbthat it is reasonable in the particular circumstances of the case that he should receive legal aid,he shall so inform the Board, and the Board shall make civil legal aid available to the applicant.6A decision made by the sheriff under subsection (5) above shall be final.6After subsection (2) of section 17 (contributions and payments out of property received) of that Act, there shall be inserted the following subsections—2AExcept in so far as regulations made under this section otherwise provide, any sum of money recovered under an award of or an agreement as to expenses in favour of any party in any proceedings in respect of which he is or has been in receipt of civil legal aid shall be paid to the Board.2BExcept in so far as regulations made under this section otherwise provide, where, in any proceedings, there is a net liability of the Fund on the account of any party, the amount of that liability shall be paid to the Board by that party, in priority to any other debts, out of any property (wherever situate) which is recovered or preserved for him—ain the proceedings; orbunder any settlement to avoid them or to bring them to an end..7Subsections (3) to (5) of that section shall cease to have effect.8In subsection (6) of that section, for the words “subsection (5)” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (2A) or (2B) ”.9In subsection (8) of that section, for the words from “subsection” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (1) above and in section 33 of this Act to “fees and outlays” include references to sums which would have been payable to that solicitor if he had been so employed. ”10In subsection (4) of section 21 (scope and nature of criminal legal aid) of that Act, for the words “(so far as is necessary)” there shall be substituted the words “ , where appropriate, ”.11In subsection (8) of section 29 (legal aid in certain proceedings relating to children) of that Act, for the words “(so far as is necessary)” there shall be substituted the words “ , where appropriate, ”.12In subsection (4) of section 30 (legal aid in contempt proceedings) of that Act, for the words “(so far as is necessary)” there shall be substituted the words “ , where appropriate, ”.13In subsection (1) of section 31 (solicitors and counsel) of that Act, for the words “his counsel” there shall be substituted the words “ or a solicitor holding rights of audience by virtue of section 25A (rights of audience) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, his counsel or such a solicitor ”.14In subsection (9)(b) of the said section 31, at the beginning there shall be inserted “ Subject to subsection (11) below, ”.15At the end of the said section 31 there shall be inserted the following subsection—11Nothing in subsection (9)(b) above shall enable the Secretary of State to make regulations authorising the granting of legal aid only to solicitors holding rights of audience under section 25A (rights of audience) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980..16In subsection (3) of section 33 (fees and outlays of counsel and solicitors) of that Act—ain paragraph (c) the words “and taxation” and “or taxation”; andbin paragraph (d) the word “, taxation”,shall cease to have effect.Sch. 8 para. 36 partly in force; para. 36 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 75(2); para. 36(6) in force at 26.08.1991 by S.I. 1991/1903, art. 3, Sch.; para. 36(2)-(5)(10)-(15) in force at 30.9.1991 by S.I. 1991/2151, art 3, Sch.
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<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/6/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/6" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-6">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c13715771"/>
6
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>After subsection (2) of section 17 (contributions and payments out of property received) of that Act, there shall be inserted the following subsections—</Text>
<BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default">
<P2>
<Pnumber>2A</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Except in so far as regulations made under this section otherwise provide, any sum of money recovered under an award of or an agreement as to expenses in favour of any party in any proceedings in respect of which he is or has been in receipt of civil legal aid shall be paid to the Board.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2>
<Pnumber>2B</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Except in so far as regulations made under this section otherwise provide, where, in any proceedings, there is a net liability of the Fund on the account of any party, the amount of that liability shall be paid to the Board by that party, in priority to any other debts, out of any property (wherever situate) which is recovered or preserved for him—</Text>
<P3>
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the proceedings; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3>
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>under any settlement to avoid them or to bring them to an end.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</BlockAmendment>
<AppendText>.</AppendText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/7/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/7" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-7">
<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Subsections (3) to (5) of that section shall cease to have effect.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/8/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/8" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-8">
<Pnumber>8</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (6) of that section, for the words “subsection (5)” there shall be substituted the words
<InlineAmendment>“ subsection (2A) or (2B) ”</InlineAmendment>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/9/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/9" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-9">
<Pnumber>9</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (8) of that section, for the words from “subsection” to the end there shall be substituted the words
<InlineAmendment>
“ subsection (1) above and in section 33 of this Act to “
<Term id="term-fees-and-outlays">fees and outlays</Term>
” include references to sums which would have been payable to that solicitor if he had been so employed. ”
</InlineAmendment>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/10/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/10" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-10">
<Pnumber>10</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (4) of section 21 (scope and nature of criminal legal aid) of that Act, for the words “(so far as is necessary)” there shall be substituted the words
<InlineAmendment>“ , where appropriate, ”</InlineAmendment>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/11/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/11" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-11">
<Pnumber>11</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (8) of section 29 (legal aid in certain proceedings relating to children) of that Act, for the words “(so far as is necessary)” there shall be substituted the words
<InlineAmendment>“ , where appropriate, ”</InlineAmendment>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/12/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/12" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-12">
<Pnumber>12</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (4) of section 30 (legal aid in contempt proceedings) of that Act, for the words “(so far as is necessary)” there shall be substituted the words
<InlineAmendment>“ , where appropriate, ”</InlineAmendment>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/13/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/13" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-13">
<Pnumber>13</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (1) of section 31 (solicitors and counsel) of that Act, for the words “his counsel” there shall be substituted the words
<InlineAmendment>“ or a solicitor holding rights of audience by virtue of section 25A (rights of audience) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, his counsel or such a solicitor ”</InlineAmendment>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/14/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/14" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-14">
<Pnumber>14</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (9)(b) of the said section 31, at the beginning there shall be inserted
<InlineAmendment>“ Subject to subsection (11) below, ”</InlineAmendment>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/15/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/15" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-15">
<Pnumber>15</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>At the end of the said section 31 there shall be inserted the following subsection—</Text>
<BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default">
<P2>
<Pnumber>11</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Nothing in subsection (9)(b) above shall enable the Secretary of State to make regulations authorising the granting of legal aid only to solicitors holding rights of audience under section 25A (rights of audience) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</BlockAmendment>
<AppendText>.</AppendText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/16/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/16" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-16">
<Pnumber>16</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In subsection (3) of section 33 (fees and outlays of counsel and solicitors) of that Act—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/16/a/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/16/a" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-16-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in paragraph (c) the words “and taxation” and “or taxation”; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/16/b/2011-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36/16/b" id="schedule-8-paragraph-36-16-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in paragraph (d) the word “, taxation”,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>shall cease to have effect.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</Pblock>
</Part>
</ScheduleBody>
</Schedule>
</Schedules>
</Primary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c13715771" Type="I">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00877" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/schedule/8/paragraph/36" SectionRef="schedule-8-paragraph-36">Sch. 8 para. 36</CitationSubRef>
partly in force;
<CitationSubRef id="c00878" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/paragraph/36" SectionRef="paragraph-36">para. 36</CitationSubRef>
not in force at Royal Assent see
<CitationSubRef id="c00879" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/section/75/2" SectionRef="section-75-2">s. 75(2)</CitationSubRef>
;
<CitationSubRef id="c00880" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/paragraph/36/6" SectionRef="paragraph-36-6">para. 36(6)</CitationSubRef>
in force at 26.08.1991 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/1903" id="c00881" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1991" Number="1903">S.I. 1991/1903</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00882" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/1903/article/3" CitationRef="c00881" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00883" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/1903/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00881" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
;
<CitationSubRef id="c00884" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/paragraph/36/2" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/40/paragraph/36/5" Type="group" StartSectionRef="paragraph-36-2" EndSectionRef="paragraph-36-5">para. 36(2)-(5)</CitationSubRef>
(10)-(15) in force at 30.9.1991 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2151" id="c00885" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1991" Number="2151">S.I. 1991/2151</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00886" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2151/article/3" CitationRef="c00885" SectionRef="article-3">art 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00887" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2151/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00885" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>