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Legal Services Act 2011

Transitional and savings provisions, amendments to other enactments, and repeals - Transition of matters commenced under Legal Services Act 1991 - Legal aid granted and repayments made under Legal Services Act 1991

136: Legal aid granted under Legal Services Act 1991

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"Legal aid from the old law still applies"

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You get legal aid under the old Legal Services Act 1991. This new Act does not change the legal aid you already have. However, after this new Act starts, it applies to your legal aid as if it was given under this new Act. You made an application under the old Act before this new Act started. This new Act says your application must be looked at as if you made it under this new Act. This only happens if your application was not already dealt with before this new Act started. If you want to know more about how this works, you can look at section 137 for more information.

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Transition of matters commenced under Legal Services Act 1991: Legal aid granted and repayments made under Legal Services Act 1991

136Legal aid granted under Legal Services Act 1991

  1. Legal aid granted under the Legal Services Act 1991 is not affected by the repeal of that Act; but, subject to section 137, after the commencement of this Act, this Act applies to that aid as if it had been granted under this Act.

  2. On and after the commencement of this Act, an application that was properly made before that date under the Legal Services Act 1991, must, to the extent that it was not dealt with before that date, be dealt with as if the application had been properly made under this Act.

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