17 Contributions, and payments out of property recovered.S
(1)Legally assisted persons may be required by the Board to contribute to the Fund in accordance with this section in respect of any proceedings in connection with which they are granted civil legal aid.
(2)A legally assisted person’s contribution under this section shall be determined by the Board, and may include—
(a)if his disposable income exceeds [F1£2,860] a year, a contribution in respect of income which shall not be more than one-quarter of the excess (or such other proportion of the excess, or such amount, as may be prescribed by regulations made under this section); and
(b)if his disposable capital exceeds £3,000, a contribution in respect of capital which shall not be more than the excess (or such proportion of the excess or such lesser amount as may be prescribed by regulations made under this section).
F2(3)–(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1In s. 17(2) the sum of £2,860 substituted by virtue of S.I. 1991/1094,reg. 2
F2S. 17(3)-(8) repealed (1.4.1989) by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), ss. 44, 45(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(b), Sch. 6; S.I. 1989/288, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 17 excluded by S.I. 1987/381, regs. 46(2)(a), 47(2)(a)