PART 11Scotland

Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 200238

1

The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002 M1 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “income” insert—

income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);

3

In regulation 33(a)(v) (payments out of property recovered or preserved: exceptions) after “the 1992 Act” insert “, an income-related employment and support allowance”.

4

In Schedule 2 (rules for computing disposable income) in paragraph 5 after sub-paragraph (e) add—

f

an income-related employment and support allowance.

5

In Schedule 3 (rules for computing disposable capital) in paragraph 7 after “(payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995)” insert “or an income-related employment and support allowance”.