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Legal Services Act 2011

Administration of legal services system - Payment for legal aid work, enforcement, and other matters relating to providers - Payment for legal aid work

97: Lead provider to claim for payment

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"The main lawyer sends a claim for payment for legal aid work."

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You need to claim payment for legal aid work. You do this by sending a claim to the Secretary. You must send your claim in the right way and on time, as stated in section 98. Your claim must include the fees you are charging, the fees others are charging, and any extra costs. You are the lead provider, so you make the claim. Your claim shows what you are charging and what others are charging. It also shows any extra costs you or others have.

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Part 3Administration of legal services system
Payment for legal aid work, enforcement, and other matters relating to providers: Payment for legal aid work

97Lead provider to claim for payment

  1. Claims for payment in respect of legal aid services or specified legal services provided must be made by the lead provider to the Secretary in the prescribed manner and within the time frame referred to in section 98.

  2. A claim for payment must show—

  3. the fees claimed by, or the charges attributable to, the lead provider; and
    1. the fees claimed by, or the charges attributable to, any other provider who acted on the matter; and
      1. the disbursements claimed by the lead provider and any other provider who acted on the matter.

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        • Section 97(2)(a): replaced, on , by section 6 of the Legal Services Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 61).