- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (04/01/1999)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
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(1)Where representation under this Part is granted to any person whose financial resources are such as, under regulations, make him liable to make a contribution, the competent authority shall order him to pay a contribution in respect of the costs of his being represented under this Part.
(2)Where the legally assisted person has not attained the age of sixteen, the competent authority may, instead of or in addition to ordering him to make a contribution, order any person—
(a)who is an appropriate contributor in relation to him, and
(b)whose financial resources are such as, under regulations, make him liable to make a contribution,
to pay a contribution in respect of the costs of the representation granted to the legally assisted person.
(3)Regulations may authorise the making of a contribution order under subsection (1) or (2) above after the grant of representation in prescribed circumstances.
(4)The amount of the contribution to be required under subsection (1) or (2) above by the competent authority shall be such as is determined in accordance with the regulations.
(5)A legally assisted person or appropriate contributor may be required to make his contribution in one sum or by instalments as may be prescribed.
(6)Regulations may provide that no contribution order shall be made in connection with a grant of representation under this Part for the purposes of proceedings in the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords in a case where a contribution order was made in connection with a grant of such representation to the person in question in respect of proceedings in a lower court.
(7)Subject to subsection (8) below, if the total contribution made in respect of the costs of representing any person under this Part exceeds those costs, the excess shall be repaid—
(a)where the contribution was made by one person only, to him; and
(b)where the contribution was made by two or more persons, to them in proportion to the amounts contributed by them.
(8)Where a contribution has been made in respect of the costs of representing any person under this Part in any proceedings and an order for costs is made in favour of that person in respect of those proceedings, then, where sums due under the order for costs are paid to the Board or the Lord Chancellor under section 20(2) of the M1Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (recovery regulations)—
(a)if the costs of the representation do not exceed the sums so paid, subsection (7) above shall not apply and the contribution shall be repaid;
(b)if the costs of the representation do exceed the sums so paid, subsection (7) above shall apply as if the costs of the representation were equal to the excess.
(9)References in subsection (8) above to the costs of representation include any charge or fee treated as part of those costs by section 26(2).
(10)In this Part—
“appropriate contributor ”, means a person of a description prescribed under section 34(2)(c); and
“contribution order ” means an order under subsection (1) or (2) above.
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