(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and provide for assistance by way of representation to be made available in relation to unopposed petitions for the appointment of an executor of a deceased person under the Act of Sederunt (Confirmation of Executors) 1964. Their provisions come into force on 1st July 1992.