Legal Services Act 2011

Legal aid - How Commissioner may enforce conditions of grant

33: Amount payable by aided person to Commissioner

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"Paying back money to the Commissioner for legal help"

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You have to pay the Commissioner the total amount for a grant. This amount includes any interim repayments you still owe. If your proceedings have concluded, you also pay the repayment amount, which is determined in accordance with section 21. You pay the Commissioner for any expenses they had to pay to get the debt from you, but only if the expense is allowed by the regulations.

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Part 2Legal aid
How Commissioner may enforce conditions of grant

33Amount payable by aided person to Commissioner

  1. At any time, the total amount payable to the Commissioner by an aided person in respect of a grant is—

  2. the amount of interim repayments outstanding (if any); and
    1. if the proceedings have concluded, the amount of repayment payable (if any), determined in accordance with section 21; and
        1. the amount of any expense reasonably incurred by the Commissioner for the purpose of enforcing or securing a debt payable to the Commissioner by the aided person, but only if the expense is of a kind specified by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
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          Notes
          • Section 33: amended, on , by section 11(1) of the Legal Services Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 43).
          • Section 33(b): amended, on , by section 11(2) of the Legal Services Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 43).
          • Section 33(c): repealed, on , by section 9 of the Legal Services Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 61).
          • Section 33(d): inserted, on , by section 11(2) of the Legal Services Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 43).