Legal Aid Act 1990

the application of section 26 for the purposes of determining whether legal assistance may be provided to a person under this Act;

determining the conditions subject to which assistance referred to in section 28(1)(a) or (b) will be granted;

determining the extent (if any) to which the Commission will pay costs awarded against a legally assisted person in a proceeding;

determining the amount of costs or disbursements that will be required to be paid to the Commission under section 32 by a legally assisted person who has been successful in the proceeding in respect of which the legal assistance was provided;

determining the conditions (including conditions relating to the recovery of money by the Commission on a contingency basis) subject to which money in the Contingency Legal Aid Fund will be made available for the provision of legal assistance to bring or defend legal proceedings; and

determining an amount to be paid under section 33 towards costs an assisted person is directed to pay.