(1)A person to whom legal aid has been ordered to be given for any purpose by a legal aid order may be ordered by a court having power to do so to make such contribution to the appropriate authority in respect of the costs incurred on his behalf for that purpose as appears to the court reasonable having regard to his resources and commitments or, if it so appears, to pay the whole amount of those costs to that authority.
(2)In this Part of this Act any reference to a contribution towards costs shall be construed as including a reference to a payment of the whole amount thereof.
(3)A person may be ordered under this section to make a contribution towards costs in one sum or by instalments.
(4)An order under this section may be made—
(a)where the legal aid was ordered to be given for the purpose of proceedings before a magistrates' court and the legally assisted person is not committed to a court of assize or quarter sessions for trial or sentence, by that magistrates' court after disposing of the case;
(b)where the legal aid was ordered to be given for the purpose of proceedings before a magistrates' court and the legally assisted person is committed to a court of assize or quarter sessions as aforesaid, by the latter court, or any other court to which the legally assisted person was committed under section 16 of the [1962 c. 15.] Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962, after disposing of the case;
(c)where the legal aid was ordered to be given for the purpose of an appeal to, or a trial or other proceedings before, a court of assize or quarter sessions, by that court, or any other court to which the legally assisted person was committed under the said section 16, after disposing of the appeal or hearing as the case may be ;
(d)where the legal aid was ordered to be given for the purpose of an appeal to the Court of Appeal, the Courts-Martial Appeal Court or the House of Lords, by the Court in question or that House, as the case may be, after disposing of the appeal.