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(1)The Secretary of State may make such regulations under this section as appear to him necessary or desirable for giving effect to, or for preventing abuses of, this Act; and regulations made under this section may make different provision—
(a)in relation to legal aid and to advice and assistance respectively; and
(b)for different cases or classes of case.
(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1) above or to any other provision of this Act authorising the making of regulations, regulations made under this section may—
(a)make provision as to the exercise by the Board of its functions under this Act;
(b)substitute different amounts for any of the amounts specified in section 8, 10(2), 11(2), 15 and 17(2) of this Act [F1and the power to substitute different amounts for the amount specified in section 10(2) of this Act includes power to substitute different amounts in relation to different cases or classes of case];
(c)make provision as to the proceedings which are or are not to be treated as distinct proceedings for the purposes of legal aid, and as to the matters which are or are not to be treated as distinct matters for the purposes of advice and assistance;
[F2(ca)make provision allowing the Board to determine—
(i)the matters which, subject to subsection (2A), are or are not to be treated as distinct matters for the purposes of advice and assistance;
(ii)on a case by case basis, matters which may be treated as if they were distinct matters for the purposes of advice and assistance;]
(d)make provision as to the manner of making applications for legal aid or advice and assistance under this Act and the time when such applications may be made and disposed of;
(e)make provision as to the information to be furnished by a person seeking or receiving legal aid or advice and assistance;
(f)make provision as to the cases in which a person may be refused legal aid or advice and assistance by reason of his conduct when seeking or receiving legal aid or advice and assistance (whether in the same or in a different matter or proceedings);
(g)make provision in connection with the recovery of sums due to the Fund and making effective the priorities conferred by this Act on the payment of such sums out of awards of expenses or property recovered or preserved for a person receiving legal aid, including—
(i)provision in connection with the enforcement (by whatever means) for the benefit of the Fund of any award of expenses or any agreement as to expenses in favour of a person who has received legal aid; and
(ii)provision making a solicitor’s right to payment out of the Fund dependent, in whole or in part, on his performing any duties imposed on him by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph;
(h)modify any provision of this Act so far as appears to the Secretary of State necessary to meet any of the special circumstances mentioned in subsection (3) below.
[F3(2A)Regulations made under this section which include provision as mentioned in subsection (2)(ca)(i) must include provision to the effect that—
(a)any determination by the Board as to the matters which are or are not to be so treated as distinct matters may only be made after consultation with the Law Society;
(b)where a matter has been determined by the Board to be so treated as a distinct matter, the Board may not determine that the matter is no longer to be so treated unless the Scottish Ministers consent.]
(3)The special circumstances referred to in subsection (2)(h) above are where a person seeking or receiving legal aid or advice and assistance—
(a)is not resident in Scotland;
(b)is concerned in a representative, fiduciary or official capacity;
[F4(bb)is [F5applying for an order under section 53(1), 57(1), 60(1), 62(1) or 63(1) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4) (in relation to himself or any other adult) or is otherwise] concerned as claiming or having an interest in the property, financial affairs or personal welfare of an adult under [F6that Act];]
(c)is concerned jointly with or has the same interest as other persons, whether receiving legal aid or advice and assistance or not;
(d)has available to him rights and facilities making it unnecessary for him to take advantage of the provisions of this Act, or has a reasonable expectation of receiving financial or other help from a body of which he is a member;
(e)seeks legal aid or advice and assistance in a matter of special urgency;
(f)begins to receive legal aid or advice and assistance after having consulted a solicitor in the ordinary way with respect to the same proceedings, or ceases to receive legal aid or advice and assistance before the proceedings in question are finally settled;
(g)has, while receiving legal aid or advice and assistance, any change of circumstances such that, had the changed circumstances subsisted at the time the application for legal aid or advice and assistance was made, the original disposal of the application would have been likely to have been affected.
(4)Regulations made under this section may also modify this Act or any instrument having effect under this Act (including so much of any of those provisions as specifies a sum of money) for the purposes of its application—
(a)in cases where such modification appears to the Secretary of State necessary for the purpose of fulfilling any obligation imposed on the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s government therein by any international agreement; or
(b)in relation to proceedings for securing the recognition or enforcement in Scotland of judgments given outside the United Kingdom for whose recognition or enforcement in the United Kingdom provision is made by any international agreement.
Textual Amendments
F1Words added by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), s. 44, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 6
F2S. 36(2)(ca) inserted (8.2.2007) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), ss. 76(2), 82(2) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2007/57, art. 2(d)
F3S. 36(2A) inserted (8.2.2007) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), ss. 76(3), 82(2) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2007/57, art. 2(d)
F4S. 36(3)(bb) inserted (2.4.2001) by 2000 asp 4, ss. 88(2), Sch. 5 para. 19; S.S.I. 2001/81, art. 2, Sch. 1
F5Words in s. 36(3)(bb) inserted (5.10.2007) by Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10), ss. 77(1), 79(3). {Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(i)}; S.S.I. 2007/334, art. 2(b), Sch. 2
F6Words in s. 36(3)(bb) substituted (5.10.2007) by Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10), ss. 77(1), 79(3). {Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(ii)}; S.S.I. 2007/334, art. 2(b), Sch. 2
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