The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996

means a person in receipt of legal aid in the proceedings in question;

means a person under the age of 16 years;

means an application under–

includes a solicitor-advocate, except in regulations 21(1)(c), 44 and 45 below;

means the Employment Appeal Tribunal established under section 87 of the Employment Protection Act 1975;

means the Scottish Legal Aid Fund;

means an interest bearing account opened in the name of the Board, the title of which does not identify any assisted person.

includes benefits and privileges, and the income of the person concerned includes any sum payable for the purpose of the maintenance of a child including any sum payable to him under the order of a court or under any agreement for that purpose;

has the same meaning as in section 28(1) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979;

includes a junior solicitor-advocate;

means “civil legal aid” within the meaning of section 13(2) of the Act;

means a person having parental responsibilities in relation to a child or a curator bonis, tutor, judicial factor or guardian;

means the maximum amount of a person’s contribution to the Fund in respect of any proceedings;

means–

has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the 1995 Act;

has the meaning given in section 2(4) of the 1995 Act;

means–

means the period of 12 months next ensuing from the date of the application for legal aid, or such other period of 12 months as in the particular circumstances of any case the Board may consider to be appropriate;

means the person whose disposable income, disposable capital, and maximum contribution are to be determined or redetermined or the person whose resources are to be treated as the resources of any other person, under these Regulations;

means–

means, in relation to a solicitor, a right of audience in the Court of Session, the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council which a solicitor has by virtue of section 25A (rights of audience in specified courts) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980;

includes a senior solicitor-advocate, except in paragraph (2) below;

means a solicitor, whether instructed by another solicitor or not, when and only when he is exercising his right of audience or acting in connection with the exercise of such a right and “junior solicitor-advocate” and “senior solicitor-advocate” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (2) below;

means the Social Security and Contributions Act 1992;

means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;

means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986;

has the same meaning as in the Restrictive Practices Court Rules 1976.

means the person appointed to be Registrar of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and includes any officer of the Employment Appeal Tribunal authorised to act on behalf of the Registrar.