Part III Advice and Assistance

10 Financial limit on prospective cost of advice or assistance.

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Where at any time (whether before or after the advice or assistance has begun to be given) it appears to a F1legal representativethat the cost of giving advice or assistance to a person under this Part is likely to exceed the prescribed limit—

a

the F1legal representativeshall determine to what extent that advice or assistance can be given without exceeding that limit; and

b

shall not give it (nor, as the case may be, instruct F2an additional legal representativeto give it) so as to exceed that limit except with the approval of the Board.

2

Approval under subsection (1)(b) above may be given with or without limitations and may be amended, withdrawn or revoked.

3

For the purposes of this section the cost of giving advice or assistance shall be taken to consist of such of the following as are applicable in the circumstances, namely—

a

any disbursements, that is to say, expenses (including fees payable to F2an additional legal representative) which may be incurred by the F3legal representativein, or in connection with, the giving of the advice or assistance; and

b

any charges or fees (other than charges for disbursements) which would be properly chargeable by the F3legal representativein respect of the advice or assistance.