
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005.
2 
Regulations 3 and 4(b) shall come into force on 11th April 2005, and the remaining provisions shall come into force on 4th April 2005.
3 
Regulation 4(b) shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made on or after 11th April 2005.
4 
The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows:–
(a) at the end of regulation 18(2) insert–“
(w) initiating an application to the Court of Session for review of a decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal under section 103A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.”; and
(b) in regulation 33(b) for “£4,395” substitute “£4,531”.
5 

(1) Where any of the cases specified in paragraph (2) are pending immediately before 4th April 2005, regulation 4(a) shall apply as though the reference to section 103A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 were a reference to the relevant section of that Act referred to in paragraph (2).
(2) The cases are–
(a) an application to the Court of Session under section 101(2);
(b) where a party is entitled to make an application to the Court of Session under section 101(2);
(c) an appeal to the Court of Session under section 103;
(d) an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Session under section 103;
(e) where a party has been granted leave to appeal to the Court of Session under section 103; or
(f) where a party is entitled to apply for leave to appeal to the Court of Session under section 103.
HUGH HENRY
Authorised to sign on behalf of the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
2nd March 2005