Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

4 Scottish Legal Aid Fund

(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 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 for the purposes of this Act as the Secretary of State may, with the concurrence of the Treasury, determine.

(3) There shall be paid into the Fund—

(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 a 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 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.