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LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 34B Commission can require security for costs etc

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 34B

Commission can require security for costs etc

34B Commission can require security for costs etc

(1) The power of the Commission to impose conditions on the grant or provision of legal aid to a person extends to authorise the imposition of a condition requiring the person--
(a) to provide, or to enter into an agreement to provide, security to the satisfaction of the Commission for the payment of amounts payable or which may become payable by the person to the Commission under this Act, and
(b) to pay any expenses incurred by the Commission by way of stamp duty, registration fees and other disbursements in connection with the provision of any such security or the entering into of any such agreement.
(2) The Commission is empowered to take such action as may be necessary or expedient for or in connection with the due enforcement of any such security or agreement.
(3) If a condition is imposed under subsection (1) (b), the person must pay the required amount in such manner and within such time as the Commission directs and it may be recovered by the Commission from the person as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the amounts payable by a person to the Commission under this Act include any interest payable in respect of those amounts under section 71A.