C3C4Part II Advice and Assistance

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3

Pt. II (ss. 6-12) applied (1.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/3070, regs. 3, 4, 5

P1C211 Clients’ contributions. C1

1

A client shall not be required to pay any fees or outlays in respect of advice and assistance received by him in pursuance of this Part of this Act except in accordance with subsection (2) F1or (3)below.

P22

Where—

a

a client’s disposable income exceeds F5£79a week; and

b

he is not (directly or indirectly) in receipt of F4disabled person's tax credit,F3income support , an income-based jobseeker’s allowance (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995) or family credit,

he shall be liable to pay, in respect of the advice and assistance, fees or outlays up to, but not in aggregate exceeding, such amount as may be prescribed by regulations made under this section, and such regulations may prescribe different maximum payments for different amounts of disposable income and for different cases or classes of case.

F23

Where a client to whom paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) above apply receives criminal legal assistance from a solicitor employed by the Board by virtue of section 28A of this Act, he shall pay to the Board such contribution in respect of that assistance as the Board may, subject to subsection (4) below, determine.

4

The amount determined by the Board under subsection (3) above shall not exceed the amount which could have been charged in respect of the assistance in question by a solicitor.