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LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 63 Payments into Fund

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 63

Payments into Fund

63 Payments into Fund

(1) Except as provided by section 64A, there shall be paid into the Fund--
(a) all amounts paid out of the Public Purpose Fund maintained under section 48 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 for the purpose of supplementation of the Legal Aid Fund,
(b) any money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund,
(c) any money received by the State of New South Wales from the Commonwealth for the purposes of legal aid,
(d) amounts paid to the Commission under section 36 (1) (a) or (b) or recovered by it under section 36 (3),
(d1) money received by the Commission in respect of services performed or carried out under clause 20 of Schedule 8,
(e) money received by the Commission by way of payment of party and party costs,
(f) money received by the Commission pursuant to a direction under section 44 (1),
(g) money recovered by the Commission under section 45 (2),
(h) amounts paid to the Commission pursuant to a determination under section 46 (1) or recovered by it under section 46 (3),
(j) penalties recovered pursuant to this Act, and
(k) the interest from time to time accruing from the investment of the Fund.
(2) There may be paid into the Fund money, other than money referred to in subsection (1), which may lawfully be paid into the Fund.
(3) The Commission shall maintain a separate account or accounts in the Fund for money--
(a) received for or on behalf of a legally assisted person by a law practice when acting as a solicitor on behalf of the person, or
(b) otherwise payable to a legally assisted person, not being money payable into the trust account referred to in section 64A.
(4) Interest from time to time accruing from the investment of money in a separate account referred to in subsection (3) does not form part of that separate account and is not payable to the legally assisted person concerned.