Availability of criminal advice and assistance for persons suspected of a Revenue and Customs offence and persons detained for certain drug smuggling offences3

In section 8A of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 19865 (power to provide for criminal advice and assistance to be available for certain clients without reference to the financial limits), in subsection (2)—

a

after “is” insert—

a

b

at the end insert—

b

a person to whom section 25A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (right of suspects to have access to a solicitor: revenue and customs offences) applies; or

c

a person detained under section 26 of that Act (detention in connection with certain drug smuggling offences).