Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000
12. After regulation 52 insert—

“52A. The Commission may only postpone enforcement of the statutory charge if it appears to the Commission that it would be unreasonable for the client to repay the amount of the charge.
52B. (1) The Commission may review any decision to postpone enforcement of the charge at any time and, unless it appears to the Commission that it would be unreasonable for the client to repay the amount of the charge which has been postponed, it shall either—
(i) proceed to enforce the charge; or
(ii) where the conditions in regulation 52(1) (a) to (c) are satisfied continue to postpone enforcement of the charge, in which case the provisions of regulation 52(3) shall also continue to apply.
(2) If the Commission continues to postpone enforcement under paragraph (1) (ii) it may do so on such terms or conditions as to repayment of the amount of the charge by way of interim payments of either capital or interest or both, or otherwise, as appear to the Commission to be appropriate.”.