South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts18—Recovery of legal assistance costs from assisted persons
(1) An assisted person
must make such payments (if any) to the Commission towards
legal assistance costs as may be stipulated by the Director in the conditions
on which legal assistance is granted.
(1a) An
assisted person must indemnify the Commission in full for legal
assistance costs if so stipulated by the Director in the conditions on which
legal assistance is granted.
(2) The Director must,
at the conclusion of the matter for which legal assistance was provided, give
the assisted person written notice of the total amount payable by the
assisted person to the Commission.
(3) An assisted person
may, within one month after receiving a notice under subsection (2),
appeal to the Commission against the amount specified in the notice.
(4) On an appeal under
subsection (3), the Commission may—
(a)
affirm the amount payable by the assisted person; or
(b)
reduce the amount to such extent as it thinks fit.
(5) An amount due by
an assisted person under this section may be recovered as a debt due to
the Commission in any court of competent jurisdiction and, in any proceedings
for the recovery of such an amount an apparently genuine document purporting
to be signed by the Director or an officer of the Commission certifying that a
specified amount is payable to the Commission in respect of the
legal assistance provided is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof
of the matter so certified.