APPEAL COSTS ACT 1998 - SECT 39 Payments made or incurred by Victoria Legal Aid

APPEAL COSTS ACT 1998 - SECT 39

For the purposes of this Act—

        (a)     payments made or expenses incurred by Victoria Legal Aid in respect of the provision of legal assistance to any person in accordance with the Legal Aid Act 1978 are to be taken to be made or incurred by that person; and

S. 39(b) amended by No. 38/2017 s. 74.

        (b)     any amount paid to Victoria Legal Aid under this Act in respect of an assisted person within the meaning of the Legal Aid Act 1978 is not to be taken to be an amount paid to the Crown.

S. 40 amended by No. 38/2017 s. 29 (ILA s. 39B(1)).