(1) Except to such extent, if any, as the Commission may otherwise determine
in accordance with subsection (2) or (4), legal aid shall be provided by the
Commission in accordance with this Part.
(2) The Commission may, from time to
time, determine that legal aid in respect of such matters or classes of
matters as the Commission determines shall be provided by the Commission on
such terms and conditions as the Commission determines, and that legal aid may
be provided accordingly.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection
(2), the terms and conditions referred to in that subsection may include terms
and conditions that the legal aid shall be provided without charge, without
means tests or other tests and without the necessity for compliance with such
formal or procedural requirements of this Part as the Commission may
determine.
(4) Where the Commission determines in accordance with subsection
(2) to provide legal aid in the form of a grant of money for specified
purposes, sections 34 (6)-(8), 41 and 47 do not apply to the provision of the
legal aid if the Commission, in the terms and conditions on which that
legal aid is provided, so determines.
