Guidelines for provision of assistance
12 Guidelines for provision of assistance
The Commission shall determine, and make known to the public, guidelines to be applied—
in the application of section 28 for the purposes of determining whether legal assistance may be provided to a person under this Act; and
in deciding the nature and extent of the legal assistance to be given in relation to a matter or proceeding or any part of a matter or proceeding; and
in determining whether the granting of legal assistance to a person will be subject to any of the conditions mentioned in section 31 (1); and
in determining the extent (if any) to which the commission will pay costs awarded against a legally assisted person in any proceeding; and
in determining the amount of costs or disbursements that will be required to be paid to the commission under section 33 by a legally assisted person who has been successful in the proceeding in respect of which the legal assistance was provided.
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