The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

Acceptance and issue of certificate where contribution payable

45.—(1) An applicant who desires that a certificate should be issued to him on the terms notified to him by an Area Director shall, within 28 days of being so notified,–

(a) signify his acceptance of those terms on a form approved by the Board and lodge it with the Area Director; and

(b) if those terms require the payment of any sums of money, give an undertaking, on a form approved by the Board, to pay those sums by the method stated in the terms and, if any sum is required to be paid before the certificate is issued, make that payment accordingly.

(2) When an applicant has complied with so many of the requirements of paragraph (1) as are relevant to his case, the Area Director shall issue a certificate and send it to the solicitor selected by the applicant.

(3) Where an application is approved relating to authorised summary proceedings in which an undertaking under regulation 12(2) has been given, the Area Director may defer issuing a certificate until a contribution has been paid.