13(1)Subject to subsection (2), where an area director refuses to issue or amend a legal aid certificate, or conditions the issuing of a certificate on the contribution of the applicant, or cancels a legal aid certificate, the applicant may appeal to the area committee for that area, if one has been established, or, if one has not been established, to the Provincial Director, in a form prescribed in the regulations.

13(2)Where the refusal, issuing or cancellation referred to in subsection (1) relates to an application for legal aid in respect of a proceeding of an appellate nature, the applicant may appeal to the Provincial Director.

13(3)An area director shall make available to each applicant entitled to appeal under subsection (1) or (2) the form referred to in subsection (1) and shall inform the applicant of the name and address of the person to whom the form is to be delivered.

13(4)An area committee or the Provincial Director shall determine an appeal under this section in accordance with the criteria governing the disposition of the application by the area director.

13(5)An appeal under this section is an informal review only and no right to a hearing is established by this section, but an area committee or the Provincial Director, as the case may be, may obtain such information and opinions and hear such representations as is considered necessary.

13(6)The Provincial Director may, in his discretion, refer to the Legal Aid Committee for its recommendation any matter appealed to him under this section.

13(7)Where the Provincial Director or an area committee determines under subsection (4) that a legal aid certificate ought to be issued or amended, the area director shall issue or amend the certificate accordingly.

13(1)Subject to subsection (2), where an area director refuses to issue or amend a legal aid certificate, or conditions the issuing of a certificate on the contribution of the applicant, or cancels a legal aid certificate, the applicant may appeal to the area committee for that area, if one has been established, or, if one has not been established, to the Provincial Director, in a form prescribed in the regulations.

13(2)Where the refusal, issuing or cancellation referred to in subsection (1) relates to an application for legal aid in respect of a proceeding of an appellate nature, the applicant may appeal to the Provincial Director.

13(3)An area director shall make available to each applicant entitled to appeal under subsection (1) or (2) the form referred to in subsection (1) and shall inform the applicant of the name and address of the person to whom the form is to be delivered.

13(4)An area committee or the Provincial Director shall determine an appeal under this section in accordance with the criteria governing the disposition of the application by the area director.

13(5)An appeal under this section is an informal review only and no right to a hearing is established by this section, but an area committee or the Provincial Director, as the case may be, may obtain such information and opinions and hear such representations as is considered necessary.

13(6)The Provincial Director may, in his discretion, refer to the Legal Aid Committee for its recommendation any matter appealed to him under this section.

13(7)Where the Provincial Director or an area committee determines under subsection (4) that a legal aid certificate ought to be issued or amended, the area director shall issue or amend the certificate accordingly.