The Legal Aid (Supreme Court) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002

8.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (9).

(2) In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “right of audience”, for “, the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “and the Supreme Court”.

(3) In regulation 2(2)(a) for “House of Lords or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “Supreme Court”.

(4) For regulation 4(1)(e) substitute—

“(e) proceedings in the Supreme Court—

(i) on appeal from the Court of Session; or

(ii) by way of application for permission to appeal in terms of paragraph 13 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998;”.

(5) Omit regulation 4(1)(j).

(6) In regulation 18(2)(t) for “House of Lords or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “Supreme Court”.

(7) In regulation 21(1)(a) for “Judicial Committee of the Privy Council or the House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”.

(8) In regulation 43—

(a) in the heading to that regulation for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”; and

(b) for “Clerk of Parliaments” in both places it occurs substitute “Registrar of the Supreme Court”.

(9) In regulation 45(3) for “, the House of Lords or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council” substitute “or the Supreme Court”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2002/494; amended by the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17) schedule 3, paragraph 38 and S.S.I. 2003/49 and 486, 2004/491, 2005/112 and 448, 2006/325, 2007/59 and 425 and 2008/50, S.I. 2008/1879 and S.S.I. 2009/49.