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7.—(1) Where it appears to the sheriff or, as the case may be, to the Board that an applicant for legal aid under section 29 of the Act (other than legal aid under subsection (2)(b)(i) of that section) has available to him rights and facilities making it unnecessary for him to obtain legal aid, or has a reasonable expectation of receiving financial or other help from a body of which he or (if a child) any relevant person is a member, the sheriff or the Board shall not, unless he, or as the case may be, it, is satisfied that there are special reasons for doing so, make legal aid available.
(2) The sheriff or the Board, before making legal aid available to a person who is a member, or (if a child) where a relevant person is a member, of a body which might reasonably have been expected to give financial help towards the cost of the proceedings, shall require him or, as the case may be, the relevant person to undertake in writing to pay to the Board any sum received from that body on account of the expenses of the proceedings.
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