(c) make the provision of the
legal aid subject to a condition or an additional condition (including a
condition of the kind referred to in section 36 (1) (a)), or
(d) alter a
condition (including a condition of the kind referred to in section 36 (1)
(a)) to which the provision of the legal aid is subject.
(1AA) The Commission
may at any time redetermine the variation of a grant that terminates the
provision of legal aid.
(1A) In the exercise of its power to vary such a
grant, the Commission may--
(d) refer any matter relating to or arising from the legal services provided
to the legally assisted person under the grant to a person (including a
barrister or solicitor) nominated by the Commission for investigation, report
or advice.
(2) Where a grant is varied under subsection (1), the Commission
shall give notice, in writing, of the variation within 14 days after the
variation is made to the person in respect of whom the variation is made and
the solicitor acting on behalf of that person.
(3) Where a grant is varied
under subsection (1) so as to terminate the provision of legal aid to a
person, the Commission shall, in addition to the requirements of subsection
(2), give notice, in writing, of the variation within 35 days after the
variation is made to each solicitor acting for each party to any proceedings
to which that person is a party or, where no solicitor acts on behalf of a
party, to the party.
(4) Where a grant is varied under subsection (1) by a
person or committee acting in pursuance of a delegation or authorisation under
section 69 in a way which adversely affects the person in respect of whom the
variation is made, the person or committee making the variation shall, in the
notice given under subsection (2), inform the person in respect of whom the
variation is made that he or she has a right of appeal to a
Legal Aid Review Panel against the variation.
(5) Where a grant is varied as
referred to in subsection (4), the person or committee making the variation
shall record the reasons for the variation of the grant.
(6) If a grant is
varied under subsection (1) (c) or (d) so as to impose or vary a condition of
the kind referred to in section 36 (1) (a), the amount required to be paid
must be paid in such manner, and within such time, as the Commission directs.
The Commission may recover the amount, and any interest payable in respect of
the amount, as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.