Legal Aid Act 1977

The commission shall cause to be kept proper accounts and records of the transactions and affairs of the commission (including transactions and affairs relating to money held by the commission on trust) and shall do all things necessary to ensure that all payments out of the fund or out of money held by the commission on trust are correctly made and properly authorised and that adequate control is maintained over the assets of, or in the custody of, the commission and over the incurring of liabilities by the commission.