Contribution towards costs and expenses
29 Contribution towards costs and expenses
The granting under this Act of an application by a person for legal assistance, other than legal assistance to which section 28(1) applies, may be on the basis that the assistance will be provided without charge or may be subject to all or any of the following conditions:
a condition that the person pays to the Commission the full amount of, or a contribution of a specified amount or an amount to be specified towards, the cost to the Commission of providing the assistance;
a condition that the person makes a payment or payments to the
Commission in respect of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by the Commission in providing the assistance;
a condition that the cost or part of the cost to the Commission of providing assistance be secured:
by a charge under section 59 over any land or a charge over any other property which is recovered or preserved for that person in the proceedings; or
in any other manner the Commission thinks fit over any property in which the person has an interest or in which the person acquires an interest during the period of assistance.
The Commission shall advise the applicant in writing before imposing a condition under subsection (1)(c) on the provision of legal assistance.
An amount required to be paid or secured by an assisted person under this section shall be paid or secured in such manner and within such time as the Commission directs.
If a person who is or has been a legally assisted person has not paid an amount payable by the person to the Commission under this section, the amount is recoverable by the Commission as a debt due and payable to the Commission.
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