9 Availability of, and payment for, advice and assistance.E+W
(1)Advice and assistance to which this Part applies shall be available to any person whose financial resources are such as, under regulations, make him eligible for advice or assistance under this Part.
(2)If regulations so provide, advice or assistance to which this Part applies shall be available, in prescribed circumstances and subject to any prescribed conditions, to persons without reference to their financial resources.
(3)Subject to any prescribed exceptions, assistance by way of representation under this Part shall not be given without the approval of the Board.
(4)Approval under subsection (3) above may be given with or without limitations and may be amended, withdrawn or revoked.
(5)Except as provided by subsection (6) or (7) below, the legally assisted person shall not be required to pay to his [solicitor][legal representative]any charge or fee.
(6)Except as provided by subsection (7) below, a legally assisted person shall, if his financial resources are such as, under regulations, make him liable to make a contribution, be liable to pay to his [solicitor][legal representative], in respect of the advice or assistance, charges or fees of such amount as is determined or fixed by or under the regulations.
(7)A legally assisted person to whom advice or assistance is made available by virtue of regulations under subsection (2) above shall, in circumstances prescribed by the regulations and, if the regulations apply only to persons of a prescribed description, he is a person of that description, be liable to pay to his [solicitor][legal representative], in respect of the advice or assistance, a fee of such amount as is fixed by or under the regulations (in lieu of a contribution under subsection (6) above).