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F1Pts. 5A, 5B inserted (31.1.2012 for s. 28B(2), s. 28M(7) for specified purposes and s. 28N) by Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1), ss. 191, 206(2) (with s. 186); S.S.I. 2012/1, art. 2(1), sch.
(1)The Board must establish and maintain a register of—
(a)solicitors who are eligible to provide children's legal assistance, and
(b)the firms with which such solicitors are connected.
(2)A sole solicitor who wishes to provide children's legal assistance must be included in the register maintained under this section both as a solicitor and as a firm.
(3)Only those solicitors who are included in the register maintained under this section may provide children's legal assistance.
(4)Subject to subsection (5), a solicitor may provide children's legal assistance only when working in the course of a connection with a firm included in the register maintained under this section.
(5)Where the Board employs a solicitor under sections 26 and 27 to provide children's legal assistance—
(a)the Board may only employ a solicitor who is included in the register maintained under this section,
(b)the entry in the register relating to the solicitor's name must include a note that the solicitor is so employed,
(c)the Board is not to be regarded as a firm for the purposes of this section and is not required to be included in the register.
(6)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about qualifications to be held by persons who may be included in the register maintained under this section.
(7)Subsections (5) to (15) of section 25A apply in relation to the register maintained under this section as they apply in relation to the Register subject to the modifications mentioned in subsection (8).
(8)Those modifications are—
(a)subsections (8) and (9) are to be read as if references to the code were references to the code of practice under section 28N for the time being in force, and
(b)subsection (9) is to be read as if the reference to criminal legal assistance were a reference to children's legal assistance.
(1)The Board must prepare a draft code of practice in relation to the carrying out by solicitors of their functions with regard to the provision of children's legal assistance.
(2)Different provision may be made for different cases or classes of case.
(3)Subsections (3) to (8) of section 25B apply in relation to a draft code prepared under subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to a draft code prepared under subsection (1) of that section.
(1)Solicitors and firms included in the register maintained under section 28M(1) must comply with the requirements of the code of practice under section 28N for the time being in force.
(2)The Board must monitor the carrying out by those solicitors and firms of their duty under subsection (1).
(3)For the purpose of carrying out its duty under subsection (2) the Board may use the powers conferred on it by sections 35A and 35B.
(1)Section 25D applies in relation to a solicitor or firm included in the register maintained under section 28M(1) and the code of practice under section 28N for the time being in force as it applies in relation to a registered solicitor or registered firm and the code subject to the modifications mentioned in subsection (2).
(2)Those modifications are—
(a)references to the Register are to be read as if they were references to the register maintained under section 28M(1),
(b)subsection (6) is to be read as if the references to criminal legal assistance were references to children's legal assistance.
(1)Subsection (2) applies where the Board is satisfied (whether on being informed by the solicitor concerned or otherwise) that a solicitor who is included in the register maintained under section 28M(1)—
(a)has become connected with a firm whose name is not included in that register, and
(b)is no longer connected with a firm whose name is included in that register.
(2)The Board must remove the solicitor's name from the register.
(3)Subsections (6) to (9) of section 25D (as applied by section 28Q) apply in relation to a solicitor whose name is removed from the register under subsection (2) above as they apply in relation to a solicitor whose name is removed from the register under subsection (4) of that section (as applied by section 28Q).
Section 25F applies in relation to the register maintained under section 28M(1) as it applies in relation to the Register.]
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