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Part 2Legal aid
Application and grant

20Interim repayments payable

  1. If an interim repayment is payable under a grant of legal aid, the Commissioner must determine the amount of the interim repayment by having regard to the prescribed repayment amount set by regulations.

  2. The Commissioner may require an aided person to start making interim repayments at any time after legal aid has been granted.

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