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(1) This Order may be cited as the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012 and comes into force on 31st January 2012.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011;
 “the the Act” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.
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(1) The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule, in so far as they are not already in force, come into force on the day appointed in column 2 so as to enable the provisions of the the Act which are specified in column 3 to come into force on that day for the purpose specified in column 4.
(2) Section 203(1) of the Act (consequential amendments and repeals) comes into force on 31st January 2012 for the purpose of bringing into force the amendments to the the Act which are made by paragraph 1(8)(a) and (b) of schedule 5 to the Act.
AILEEN CAMPBELL
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th January 2012
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Column 1Provision of the Act Column 2Appointed day Column 3Provision of the the Act Column 4Purpose for which provision of the the Act comes into force
Section 191 (Legal aid and advice) 31st January 2012 Section 28B(2) (Children’s legal aid) For all purposes
   
Section 191 (Legal aid and advice) 31st January 2012 Section 28M(7)(Register of solicitors and firms eligible to provide children’s legal assistance) Only in respect of applying section 25A(5) and (6) of the the Act for the purposes of enabling the Scottish Legal Aid Board to determine the form of the application for entry on the register of solicitors and firms eligible to provide children’s legal assistance under section 28M of the the Act, to specify the documents which are to accompany the application and to invite and consider comments on its draft proposals.
   
Section 191 (Legal aid and advice) 31st January 2012 Section 28N(Code of Practice) For all purposes
   
Section 191 (Legal aid and advice) 26th March 2012 Section 28M(1), (2), (7) and (8) (Register of solicitors and firms eligible to provide children’s legal assistance) For all purposes
   
Section 191 (Legal aid and advice) 26th March 2012 Section 28S(Publication of register etc.) For all purposes