Commentary on Sections Part 19 – Legal Aid and Advice Section 28C – Circumstances where children’s legal aid automatically available
283.This section provides for children’s legal aid to be made available to a child automatically, that is without application of the merits and means tests discussed in relation to section 28D, in limited circumstances. Those circumstances are where:
284.Subsection (3) confers power on the Scottish Ministers to extend or restrict, by regulations, the circumstances in respect of which children’s legal aid is automatically available.