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Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986, Cross Heading: The Legal Aid (Scotland) fund is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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1(1)On the appointed day the Legal Aid (Scotland) Fund (“the Old Fund”) established under section 9 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1967 (“the 1967 Act”) shall be wound up.S
(2)If, as at the appointed day, after taking account of all receipts and expenses of the Law Society attributable to the 1967 Act or to their functions under the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”), there is in relation to the Old Fund any surplus or deficit—
(a)such surplus shall be paid by the Law Society to the Secretary of State; and
(b)such deficit shall be made up by payment to the Law Society by the Secretary of State of the amount of the deficit.
(3)Notwithstanding their repeal by this Act—
(a)sections 8(10) and (11) and 11 of the 1967 Act shall continue to have effect for the purposes of requiring the Law Society to account for the Old Fund and to report on its discharge of its functions under that Act up to the appointed day; and
(b)section 9(5) of that Act shall continue to have effect for the purposes of any determination as to the expenses or receipts of the Law Society,
and, if the appointed day falls on a day which is not the last day of the financial year (for the purposes of the said section 11), references in those sections to the financial year shall be construed as references to the period commencing on the day immediately following the end of the last complete financial year and ending with the appointed day.
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