50Repayment under grant of legal aid

1. A condition requiring repayment of an amount under a grant of legal aid made under section 47 may be made only in accordance with this section.

2. The applicant, or any person or body whose resources are taken into account for the purposes of making a determination referred to in section 48(1), or both, may be required to make a repayment towards the cost of legal services.

3. The total of the repayment required to be paid under a grant of legal aid made under section 47 must not exceed an amount that is fair and reasonable, having regard to—

4. the resources of the applicant and the financial resources of those persons and bodies whose resources are so taken into account; and
5. the likely cost of the proceedings.

6. Every repayment required in accordance with this section under a grant of legal aid is recoverable in the same way as any other repayment required to be paid under this Act.