Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986
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28M Register of solicitors and firms eligible to provide children's legal assistance
(1) The Board must establish and maintain a register of— (a) solicitors who are eligible to provide children's legal assistance, and (b) the firms with which such solicitors are connected. (2) A sole solicitor who wishes to provide children's legal assistance must be included in the register maintained under this section both as a solicitor and as a firm. (3) Only those solicitors who are included in the register maintained under this section may provide children's legal assistance. (4) Subject to subsection (5), a solicitor may provide children's legal assistance only when working in the course of a connection with a firm included in the register maintained under this section. (5) Where the Board employs a solicitor under sections 26 and 27 to provide children's legal assistance— (a) the Board may only employ a solicitor who is included in the register maintained under this section, (b) the entry in the register relating to the solicitor's name must include a note that the solicitor is so employed, (c) the Board is not to be regarded as a firm for the purposes of this section and is not required to be included in the register. (6) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about qualifications to be held by persons who may be included in the register maintained under this section. (7) Subsections (5) to (15) of section 25A apply in relation to the register maintained under this section as they apply in relation to the Register subject to the modifications mentioned in subsection (8). (8) Those modifications are— (a) subsections (8) and (9) are to be read as if references to the code were references to the code of practice under section 28N for the time being in force, and (b) subsection (9) is to be read as if the reference to criminal legal assistance were a reference to children's legal assistance.
28M Register of solicitors and firms eligible to provide children's legal assistance
(1) The Board must establish and maintain a register of— (a) solicitors who are eligible to provide children's legal assistance, and (b) the firms with which such solicitors are connected. (2) A sole solicitor who wishes to provide children's legal assistance must be included in the register maintained under this section both as a solicitor and as a firm. (3) Only those solicitors who are included in the register maintained under this section may provide children's legal assistance. (4) Subject to subsection (5), a solicitor may provide children's legal assistance only when working in the course of a connection with a firm included in the register maintained under this section. (5) Where the Board employs a solicitor under sections 26 and 27 to provide children's legal assistance— (a) the Board may only employ a solicitor who is included in the register maintained under this section, (b) the entry in the register relating to the solicitor's name must include a note that the solicitor is so employed, (c) the Board is not to be regarded as a firm for the purposes of this section and is not required to be included in the register. (6) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about qualifications to be held by persons who may be included in the register maintained under this section. (7) Subsections (5) to (15) of section 25A apply in relation to the register maintained under this section as they apply in relation to the Register subject to the modifications mentioned in subsection (8). (8) Those modifications are— (a) subsections (8) and (9) are to be read as if references to the code were references to the code of practice under section 28N for the time being in force, and (b) subsection (9) is to be read as if the reference to criminal legal assistance were a reference to children's legal assistance.
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