1989 Ed.]
Legal Aid
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(b) remit or provide for the remission of any fees or charges in any such proceedings;
(c) make provision as to the information to be given by a person seeking or receiving legal aid;
(d) make provision as to the proceedings which are or are not to be treated as distinct proceedings for the purposes of legal aid and as to the apportionment of sums recoverable or recovered by virtue of any order for costs made generally with respect to proceedings treated as distinct proceedings;
(e) make provision as to the cases in which a person may be refused legal aid by reason of his conduct when seeking or receiving legal aid (whether in the same or in a different matter);
(f) make provision for the recovery of sums due in respect of legal aid and for making effective the charge created by this Ordinance on property recovered or preserved for an aided person, including provision-
(i) for the enforcement of any order or agreement for costs made in favour of a person who has received legal aid; and (ii) for making counsel or solicitor's right to payment wholly or partly dependent on his performance of any duties imposed on him by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph;
(g) make any provision necessary to meet the special circumstances where-
(i) a person seeks legal aid in a matter of special urgency;
(ii) a person begins to receive legal aid after having consulted counsel or solicitor in the ordinary way with respect to the same matter, or ceases to receive legal aid before the matter in question is finally settled; and
(iii) there is any relevant change of circumstances while a person is receiving legal aid;
(h) make provision as to the manner in which the rate of a person's disposable income and the amount of his disposable capital are to be computed for the purposes of this Ordinance including, without derogation from the generality of the foregoing, provision-
(i) prescribing deductions in respect of the maintenance of dependants, interest on loans, rates, rent and other matters for which the person in question must or reasonably may provide and such further allowances as may be prescribed to take into account the nature of his resources;
(ii) determining whether any resources are to be treated as income or capital and for taking into account fluctuations of income;