The Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) Regulations 1992 by–amending the definition of “legal representative”, in consequence of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, to include a person having parental responsibilities in relation to a child (regulation 3); andrequiring the prior approval of the Scottish Legal Aid Board for work of an unusual nature or likely to involve unusually large expenditure (regulation 4). By virtue of regulation 2 this amendment will apply only to work done on or after 1st November 1996.