Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 and come into force on 26th January 2015.
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 paragraph (1) of regulation 3A(2)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after head (iii) insert—
“(iiia)a pre-hearing panel meeting at which a determination under section 81A of the 2011 Act is to be made as regards an individual to whom section 79(5A)(a)(i) of the 2011 Act refers;”(3); and
(b)in sub-paragraph (b), after head (iii) insert—
“(iiia)a pre-hearing panel meeting at which a determination under section 81A of the 2011 Act is to be made as regards an individual to whom section 79(5A)(a)(i) of the 2011 Act refers;”.
(3) In regulation 13—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “3A(1)(a)(ii) and (iii), (b)(ii) and (iii)” substitute “3A(1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iiia), (b)(ii), (iii) and (iiia)”(4); and
(b)in paragraph (3A), for “3A(1)(a)(ii) and (iii), (b)(ii) and (iii)” substitute “3A(1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iiia), (b)(ii), (iii) and (iiia)”(5).
PAUL WHEELHOUSE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th January 2015