LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 38A
Notification of changes
LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 38A
Notification of changes
38A Notification of changes
(1) Where-- (a) a legally assisted person or a law practice representing a
legally assisted person becomes aware of a change in the means or
circumstances of the legally assisted person or in any other matter relating
to the grant of legal aid to the legally assisted person , and (b) the change
is of such a nature that the legally assisted person or law practice , as the
case may be, ought reasonably to suspect that the Commission might terminate
the provision of legal aid or alter the nature or extent of the legal aid , the
legally assisted person or law practice , as the case may be, shall forthwith
notify the Commission in writing of the change. (2) Subsection (1) has effect
notwithstanding any privilege that may arise from the relationship between a
solicitor acting in a professional capacity and the solicitor's own client.
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