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CAP. 91]
Legal Aid Regulations
[1988 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
(5) In fixing the method by which any contribution shall be paid, the Director shall have regard to all the circumstances, including the probable length of time which any certificate issued as a result of the application will be in force, and may order the contribution to be paid in instalments or the whole or a part of it to be paid before a certificate is issued.
(6) After the Director has approved an application for a certificate he shall notify the applicant-
(a) of the maximum amount of his contribution as determined by him;
and
(b) of the terms upon which a certificate will be issued to him.
(7) An applicant who wishes a certificate to be issued to him on the terms notified by the Director shall within 14 days of being so notified, or within such further period as the Director may allow, signify his acceptance of those terms in the prescribed form and shall lodge it with the Director and, in the case of legal aid to be granted under the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme, also pay a fee of $400. (L.N.326/84)
(8) If those terms require a contribution to be paid, the applicant shall lodge with the Director an undertaking to pay the contribution by the method stated in the terms and, if the contribution or any part of it is required to be paid before the certificate is issued, shall make that payment accordingly.
(9) When an applicant has complied with such of the provisions of paragraphs (7) and (8) as are relevant to his case, the Director shall issue a certificate in the prescribed form. (L.N.326/84)
(10) Nothing in paragraph (3), (4), (5) or (8) shall apply where legal aid is granted under the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme and where legal aid is so granted the reference in paragraph (6)(a) to a contribution shall be construed as a reference to a contribution as determined under section 32 of the Ordinance. (L.N.326/84)
Certificate not to refer to more than one cause of action etc.
6. A certificate shall not refer to more than one action, cause or matter except in the case of---
(a) matrimonial proceedings;
(b) an application for a grant of representation which is necessary to enable an action, which is the subject matter of the certificate, to be brought; or
(c) where the Director exercises his powers under regulation 6A(b)(iv), proceedings which may be taken to enforce or give effect to any order or agreement made for the purposes of the proceedings to which the certificate relates.
(L.N.326/84)
Power to amend certificates
6A. The Director may amend a certificate where in his opinion-
(a) there is some mistake in the certificate; or