Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 20023
1
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 20027 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
a
after the definition of “right of audience” insert—
“Scottish child payment” means any payment under Part 3 of the Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020;
b
after the definition of “Welfare Fund payment”8 insert—
“Windrush Compensation Scheme” means the scheme of that name set out in the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;
“Windrush connected payment” means a payment where—
- a
an individual has made a claim under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;
- b
a request included in that claim has been referred by the Home Office to another person; and
- c
the payment is made to the individual by that other person as a result of that referral;
3
In regulation 33 (payments out of property recovered or preserved: exceptions), after sub-paragraph (a)(xiv), insert—
xv
by way of any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;
xvi
by way of any Windrush connected payment;
xvii
by way of any Scottish child payment;
4
In schedule 2 (rules for computing disposable income), in paragraph 7 after sub-paragraph (g), insert—
h
any Scottish child payment.
5
In schedule 3 (rules for computing disposable capital), in paragraph 8 after sub-paragraph (c), insert—
d
any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;
e
any Windrush connected payment;
f
any Scottish child payment.