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Part 2Legal aid
How Commissioner may enforce conditions of grant

41Aided person to enforce judgment or out-of-court settlement

  1. An aided person must take all steps necessary to enforce a judgment or out-of-court settlement in order to recover the proceeds of proceedings.

  2. If the aided person fails to take such steps, the Commissioner may enforce the judgment or out-of-court settlement as if it were in favour of the Commissioner, and may recover the costs of doing so from the aided person.

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