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Valid from 21/03/1997
(1)Except as provided by this section, the legally assisted person is not to be required to pay for mediation provided under this Part.
(2)Subsection (3) applies if the financial resources of a legally assisted person are such as, under regulations, make him liable to make a contribution.
(3)The legally assisted person is to pay to the Board in respect of the costs of providing the mediation, a contribution of such amount as is determined or fixed by or under the regulations.
(4)If the total contribution made by a person in respect of any mediation exceeds the Board’s liability on his account, the excess shall be repaid to him.
(5)Regulations may provide that, where—
(a)mediation under this Part is made available to a legally assisted person, and
(b)property is recovered or preserved for the legally assisted person as a result of the mediation,
a sum equal to the Board’s liability on the legally assisted person’s account is, except so far as the regulations otherwise provide, to be a first charge on the property in favour of the Board.
(6)Regulations under subsection (5) may, in particular, make provision—
(a)as to circumstances in which property is to be taken to have been, or not to have been, recovered or preserved; and
(b)as to circumstances in which the recovery or preservation of property is to be taken to be, or not to be, the result of any mediation.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (5), the nature of the property and where it is situated is immaterial.
(8)The power to make regulations under section 34(2)(f) and (8) is exercisable in relation to any charge created under subsection (5) as it is exercisable in relation to the charge created by section 16.
(9)For the purposes of subsections (4) and (5), the Board’s liability on any person’s account in relation to any mediation is the aggregate amount of—
(a)the sums paid or payable by the Board on his account for the mediation, determined in accordance with subsection (10);
(b)any sums paid or payable in respect of its net liability on his account, determined in accordance with subsection (11) and the regulations—
(i)in respect of any proceedings, and
(ii)for any advice or assistance under Part III in connection with the proceedings or any matter to which the proceedings relate,
so far as the proceedings relate to any matter to which the mediation relates; and
(c)any sums paid or payable in respect of its net liability on his account, determined in accordance with the regulations, for any other advice or assistance under Part III in connection with the mediation or any matter to which the mediation relates.
(10)For the purposes of subsection (9)(a), the sums paid or payable by the Board on any person’s account for any mediation are—
(a)sums determined under the contract between the Board and the mediator as payable by the Board on that person’s account for the mediation; or
(b)if the contract does not differentiate between such sums and sums payable on any other person’s account or for any other mediation, such part of the remuneration payable under the contract as may be specified in writing by the Board.
(11)For the purposes of subsection (9)(b), the Board’s net liability on any person’s account in relation to any proceedings is its net liability on his account under section 16(9)(a) and (b) in relation to the proceedings.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 13C inserted (21.3.1997) by 1996 c. 27, s. 28(1); S.I. 1997/1077, art.2
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