SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 The Scottish Legal Aid Board

Incorporation and Status

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The Board is not an emanation of the Crown and shall not act or be treated as the servant or agent of the Crown.

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Accordingly—

a

neither the Board, nor any of its members, nor any member of its staff as such is entitled to any status, immunity, privilege or exemption enjoyed by the Crown;

b

the members of the Board and the members of its staff are not, in such capacity, Crown servants; and

c

the Board’s property is not the property of or held on behalf of the Crown.

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Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the Board shall not be exempt from any tax, duty, rate, levy or other charge whatever (whether general or local).

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