LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 71A Interest

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 71A

71A Interest

(1) Interest at the prescribed rate is payable on--

(a) an amount or part of an amount payable by a person under section 33 (2) that is not paid by such date as may be specified in a direction under section 33 (3), or

(a1) an amount or part of an amount payable by a person under section 36 (1) that is not paid by such date as may be specified in a direction under section 36 (2), or

(b) an amount or part of an amount payable by a person under section 38 (1) (c) or (d) that is not paid by such date as may be specified in a direction under section 38 (6), or

(b1) an amount or part of an amount payable by a person under section 44 (1) that is not paid by such date as may be specified in a direction under section 44 (2), or

(b2) an amount or part of an amount payable by a person under section 46 (1) that is not paid by such date as may be specified in a direction under section 46 (2A), or

(c) an amount or part of an amount payable by a person under section 48 (1) that is not paid by such date as may be specified in a direction under section 48 (1A), or

(d) an amount or part of an amount payable by a person under section 60C (3) that is not paid by such date as may be specified in a direction under section 60C (4).

(2) In this section--


"prescribed rate" means--

(a) a rate equivalent to 50 per cent of the rate prescribed for the purposes of section 101 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 , or

(b) if some other rate is prescribed by the regulations, that other rate.