s.42Power to make regulations
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Section 42Part 5 — GENERAL

Power to make regulations

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The Cabinet, after consultation with the Chief Justice, may make regulations consistent with this Law prescribing anything which by this Law is to be or may be prescribed and generally for the better carrying out of its purposes and provisions.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may make provision —
as to the information to be supplied by an applicant to the Director;
as to the cases in which a person may be refused legal aid including by reason of his conduct as an applicant or assisted person;
generally regulating the grant of legal aid certificates;
for the management of standard legal aid cases where the costs exceed twenty thousand dollars;
for the recovery of contributions from assisted persons;
the costs and expenses to be paid to attorneys-at-law;
for the recovery in civil cases of costs awarded to an assisted person by order of the court and payable otherwise than by another assisted person;
for taxation of bills of costs submitted by attorneys-at-law in legal aid cases and for review of and appeals from such taxation;
to meet the special circumstances arising where —
an applicant seeks legal aid in a matter of special urgency;
an assisted person is granted a certificate after having previously retained an attorney-at-law privately in regard to the same proceedings; and
there is a relevant change in financial circumstances of an assisted person before proceedings are concluded; and
for the recovery of costs from a successful party.
Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.

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