Acts and Regulations

84-112 - Legal Aid

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81.01(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Regulation, a solicitor shall ensure that an account under section 80 or 82 for services performed and completed during a fiscal year of the Province is submitted to and received by the Provincial Director no later than fifteen days after the end of that fiscal year.
81.01(2)Where a solicitor has not completed all the services authorized under a certificate for legal aid by the end of a fiscal year of the Province, the solicitor shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Regulation, ensure that an interim account for services performed during that fiscal year is submitted to and received by the Provincial Director no later than fifteen days after the end of that fiscal year and shall ensure that the account is clearly identified as an interim account.
81.01(3)Section 80 applies with the necessary modifications to an interim account submitted under this section.
81.01(4)Notwithstanding subsection (3), paragraph 80(1)(b) does not apply to an interim account submitted under this section.
81.01(5)Where the Provincial Director receives an account from a solicitor more than fifteen days after the end of a fiscal year of the Province for services performed by the solicitor during that fiscal year, there shall be no liability for payment of the account and the Provincial Director shall not settle or approve the account but shall return the account promptly to the solicitor with an appropriate reference to this section.
81.01(6)Notwithstanding subsection (5), the Provincial Director, in the Provincial Director’s discretion, may extend the time during which a solicitor’s account may be submitted under this section.
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81.01(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Regulation, a solicitor shall ensure that an account under section 80 or 82 for services performed and completed during a fiscal year of the Province is submitted to and received by the Provincial Director no later than fifteen days after the end of that fiscal year.
81.01(2)Where a solicitor has not completed all the services authorized under a certificate for legal aid by the end of a fiscal year of the Province, the solicitor shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Regulation, ensure that an interim account for services performed during that fiscal year is submitted to and received by the Provincial Director no later than fifteen days after the end of that fiscal year and shall ensure that the account is clearly identified as an interim account.
81.01(3)Section 80 applies with the necessary modifications to an interim account submitted under this section.
81.01(4)Notwithstanding subsection (3), paragraph 80(1)(b) does not apply to an interim account submitted under this section.
81.01(5)Where the Provincial Director receives an account from a solicitor more than fifteen days after the end of a fiscal year of the Province for services performed by the solicitor during that fiscal year, there shall be no liability for payment of the account and the Provincial Director shall not settle or approve the account but shall return the account promptly to the solicitor with an appropriate reference to this section.
81.01(6)Notwithstanding subsection (5), the Provincial Director, in the Provincial Director’s discretion, may extend the time during which a solicitor’s account may be submitted under this section.
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