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LEGAL AID ACT - SECT 12

Guidelines for provision of assistance

The Commission shall determine, and make known to the public, guidelines to be applied in:

        (a)     the application of section 26 for the purposes of determining whether legal assistance may be provided to a person under this Act;

        (b)     determining the conditions subject to which assistance referred to in section 28(1)(a) or (b) will be granted;

        (c)     determining the extent (if any) to which the Commission will pay costs awarded against a legally assisted person in a proceeding;

        (d)     determining the amount of costs or disbursements that will be required to be paid to the Commission under section 32 by a legally assisted person who has been successful in the proceeding in respect of which the legal assistance was provided;

        (e)     determining the conditions (including conditions relating to the recovery of money by the Commission on a contingency basis) subject to which money in the Contingency Legal Aid Fund will be made available for the provision of legal assistance to bring or defend legal proceedings; and

        (f)     determining an amount to be paid under section 33 towards costs an assisted person is directed to pay.



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