(1)The Board shall establish and maintain a fund to be known as the Scottish Legal Aid Fund (in this Act referred to as “the Fund”).
(2)There shall be paid out of the Fund—
(a)such sums as are, by virtue of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, due [F1out of the Fund]to any solicitor or counsel in respect of fees and outlays properly incurred by him, in connection with the provision, in accordance with this Act, of legal aid or advice and assistance;
(b)expenses awarded to any person under section 19 of this Act; and
(c)such other payments . . . F2as the Secretary of State may, with the concurrence of the Treasury, determine.
(3)There shall be paid into the Fund—
[F3(a)any contribution payable to the Fund by any person in pursuance of section 17 of this Act;]
(b)any sum recovered under an award of [F4a court]or an agreement as to expenses in any proceedings in favour of any party who is in receipt of civil legal aid;
(c)any sum which is to be paid in accordance with section 17 of this Act out of property [F5(including money)]recovered or preserved for any party to any proceedings who is in receipt of civil legal aid;
(d)the sums to be paid by the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 40(1)(a) of this Act; and
(e)such other receipts of the Board as the Secretary of State may, with the concurrence of the Treasury, determine.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), s. 44, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 1(a)
F2Words repealed by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), ss. 44, 45(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 1(b), Sch. 6
F3S. 4(3)(a) repealed (prosp.) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), ss. 74(1)(2), 75(2), Sch. 8 para. 36(1)(a), Sch. 9
F4Words repealed (prosp.) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), ss. 74(2), 75(2), Sch. 9
F5Words inserted (prosp.) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), ss. 74(1), 75(2), Sch. 8 para. 36(1)(b)