The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010
These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”) to allow legal aid applications to be made online and in consequence of the transfer, from the courts to the Scottish Legal Aid Board (“the Board”), of the function of granting criminal legal aid in relation to solemn proceedings and the conferral on the Board of powers to make criminal legal aid available subject to conditions. The power to grant criminal legal aid in relation to solemn proceedings is transferred by virtue of section 64 of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) and the powers to make criminal legal aid available subject to conditions is conferred on the Board by virtue of sections 64 and 65 of the 2007 Act. Those sections come into force on 25thNovember 2010 by virtue of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/376).