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”.