35. In circumstances where the Board has arranged, in accordance with section 31(8) of the Act, that a solicitor is to be available for the purpose of providing to a child children’s legal aid under section 28C of the Act(1)
(a)section 31(1) of the Act(2) does not apply; and
(b)the children’s legal aid referred to must be provided only by the solicitor so made available.
Section 28C was inserted by section 191 of the 2011 Act.
Section 31(1) was amended by section 62(1) and paragraph 12(8)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48).