Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

[F128QNon-compliance with code of practiceU.K.

(1)Section 25D applies in relation to a solicitor or firm included in the register maintained under section 28M(1) and the code of practice under section 28N for the time being in force as it applies in relation to a registered solicitor or registered firm and the code subject to the modifications mentioned in subsection (2).

(2)Those modifications are—

(a)references to the Register are to be read as if they were references to the register maintained under section 28M(1),

(b)subsection (6) is to be read as if the references to criminal legal assistance were references to children's legal assistance.]

Textual Amendments

F1Pts. 5A, 5B inserted (31.1.2012 for s. 28B(2), s. 28M(7) for specified purposes and s. 28N) by Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1), ss. 191, 206(2) (with s. 186); S.S.I. 2012/1, art. 2(1), sch.