10Legal assistance: costs
(1)This section applies where—
(a)the Commissioner has assisted an individual under section 9 in relation to proceedings, and
(b)the individual becomes entitled to some or all of his or her costs in the proceedings (whether by virtue of an award or by virtue of an agreement).
(2)The Commissioner’s expenses in providing the assistance—
(a)are charged on sums paid to the individual by way of costs, and
(b)may be enforced as a debt due to the Commissioner.
(3)A requirement to pay money to the Commissioner under subsection (2) ranks after a requirement imposed by virtue of section 11(4)(f) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (recovery of costs in funded cases).
(4)For the purposes of subsection (2), the Commissioner’s expenses are to be calculated in accordance with such provision (if any) as the Welsh Ministers make for the purpose by regulations.
(5)Regulations under subsection (4) may, amongst other things, provide for the apportionment of expenditure incurred by the Commissioner—
(a)partly for one purpose and partly for another, or
(b)for general purposes.