Acts and Regulations

84-112 - Legal Aid

Section 57
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57(1)Where an area director has issued a certificate and thereafter ascertains that in his opinion
(a) the client is able to pay some part of the legal aid authorized by the certificate, or
(b) it is proper that the client pay a greater or lesser part of the cost of the legal aid than is provided for in the certificate,
he may amend the certificate by varying the terms of contribution and may require the client to execute an agreement in Form 17.
57(2)Except where the amendment of a certificate is to the advantage of a client, a certificate shall not be amended under this section until notice in writing in Form 18 is served on the client and his solicitor, fixing a place and time, not less than seven days from the mailing of the notice, at which the client may show cause why the certificate should not be amended.
57(3)Where a client fails or refuses to sign an agreement to pay in accordance with the amended certificate within five days after the time fixed in subsection (2) to show cause, the area director may cancel his certificate.
57(1)Where an area director has issued a certificate and thereafter ascertains that in his opinion
(a) the client is able to pay some part of the legal aid authorized by the certificate, or
(b) it is proper that the client pay a greater or lesser part of the cost of the legal aid than is provided for in the certificate,
he may amend the certificate by varying the terms of contribution and may require the client to execute an agreement in Form 17.
57(2)Except where the amendment of a certificate is to the advantage of a client, a certificate shall not be amended under this section until notice in writing in Form 18 is served on the client and his solicitor, fixing a place and time, not less than seven days from the mailing of the notice, at which the client may show cause why the certificate should not be amended.
57(3)Where a client fails or refuses to sign an agreement to pay in accordance with the amended certificate within five days after the time fixed in subsection (2) to show cause, the area director may cancel his certificate.