
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7th April 2003.
2 
These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made on or after 7th April 2003.
3 
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002 are amended in accordance with the following regulations.
4 
For regulation 11(2) substitute–“
(2) For the purposes of section 42 of the Act, two persons living together as husband and wife or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex shall be treated as if they were spouses of each other.”.
5 
In regulation 33(b), for “£4,200” substitute “£4,275”.
6 
In regulation 35, for “33” substitute “32”.
JAMES WALLACE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
29th January 2003