Consequential provisions – Criminal Legal Aid
5. Where criminal legal aid is given by an employed solicitor–
(a)references in the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996(1) to a “nominated solicitor” or “solicitor nominated by an assisted person” are taken to include reference to an employed solicitor.
(b)Regulation 18(2)(a) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996 shall apply so that for reference to the amount paid out of the Fund in respect of the fees and outlays there is substituted reference to the amount that would have been paid out of the Fund in respect of fees and outlays had the solicitor not been so employed by the Board.
(1)
S.I. 1996/2555.