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Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986
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14Availability of civil legal aid
(1)Subject to section 15 of this Act and to subsection (2) below, civil legal aid shall be available to a person if, on an application made to the Board—
(a)the Board is satisfied that he has a probabilis causa litigandi; and
(b)it appears to the Board that it is reasonable in the particular circumstances of the case that he should receive legal aid.
(2)The Board may require a person receiving civil legal aid to comply with such conditions as it considers expedient to enable it to satisfy itself from time to time that it is reasonable for him to continue to receive civil legal aid.
(3)The Board shall establish a procedure under which any person whose application for legal aid under this section has been refused may apply to the Board for a review of his application.
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