Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

[F1 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

F1 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).