Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

SCHEDULE 2 S

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]

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)

2 S For the purposes of section 13 of this Act, proceedings in the European Court of Justice on a reference, under Article [F4 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

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 2 substituted (19.2.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/42, regs. 2, 4

Part II S Excepted Proceedings

1 Subject to paragraph 2 below, civil legal aid shall not be available in proceedings which are wholly or partly concerned with defamation or verbal injury.

2 The making of a counterclaim for defamation or verbal injury in any proceedings shall not of itself affect the availability of legal aid to the other party, and legal aid may be granted for the purposes of defending such a counterclaim.

[F5 3 S Civil legal aid shall not be available in relation to —

(a) election petitions under the Representation of the People Act 1983 M1 ;

(b) simplified divorce applications under the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Session or the sheriff court;

(c) small claims processes at first instance under section 35(2) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 M2 summary causes); and

(d) petitions by a debtor for the sequestration of his estate under section 5(2)(a) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 M3 .]

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3 substituted (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/969, reg. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1983 c. 2

M2 1971 c. 58; section 35(2) was substituted by section 18(1) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73).

M3 Section 5(2)(a) amended by section 3(2) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 6).

[F6 4 Subject to paragraph 5 below, civil legal aid shall not be available in relation to proceedings at first instance under the Debtors (Scotland) Act M4 1987, other than proceedings in connection with an application under section 1(1) or 3(1) of that Act to a Lord Ordinary or to the sheriff in an ordinary cause.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 2 Pt. II paras. 4, 5 added by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), ss. 98, 108(2), Sch. 1 para. 5

Marginal Citations

M4 1987 c.18 (45:2).

5 Nothing in paragraph 4 above shall preclude any third party to proceedings under the Debtors (Scotland) Act M5 1987 from obtaining legal aid in connection with those proceedings.

Marginal Citations

M5 1987 c.18 (45:2).