Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

Part I S Courts in which Civil Legal Aid is Available

1 Civil legal aid shall be available in relation to civil proceedings in—

• [F1 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in references, appeals and applications for special leave to appeal under paragraphs 10, 12 and 13(b) of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998;]

• the House of Lords, in appeals from the Court of Session;

• the Court of Session;

• the Lands Valuation Appeal Court;

• the Scottish Land Court;

• the sheriff court,

and in relation to proceedings—

• before any person to whom a case is referred in whole or in part by a court mentioned above;

• F2 . . .

• in the Lands Tribunal for Scotland;

• in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.[F3 ;

• before the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission]

• [F4 comprising an appeal to the Social Security Commissioners;

• comprising an appeal to the Child Support Commissioners]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1: entry inserted (6.5.1999) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.1) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1042), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 11(5)

F2 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1: entry omitted (19.2.2001) by virtue of S.S.I. 2001/42, regs. 2, 3(a)

F3 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1: entry added (19.2.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/42, regs. 2, 3(b)

F4 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1: entries inserted (1.12.2002) by The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/532), reg. 2

2 S For the purposes of section 13 of this Act, proceedings in the European Court of Justice on a reference, under Article [F5 234] of the EEC Treaty, made by a court mentioned in paragraph 1 above are part of the proceedings in the court making the reference.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 2 substituted (19.2.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/42, regs. 2, 4