Section 23

regulate all matters relating to fees, charges and costs in relation to proceedings to which an aided person is a party;

remit or provide for the remission of any fees or charges in any such proceedings;

prescribe fees for applications under this Act, and provide for the remission of any such fees;

make provision as to the cases in which a person may be refused legal aid or advice by reason of the person’s conduct when seeking or receiving legal aid or advice (whether in the same or related matter or in a different matter);

make provision as to the circumstances a Grant of Aid issued to a person may be cancelled;

make provision for the recovery of sums due in respect of legal aid and for making effective the charge created by this Act on property recovered or preserved for a person receiving legal aid, including provision —

for the enforcement of any order or agreement for costs made in favour of a person who has received legal aid; and

for making a solicitor’s right to payment wholly or partly dependent on the solicitor’s performance of any duties imposed on the solicitor by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph;

make any provision necessary to meet the special circumstances where —

a person is issued a Grant of Aid on a provisional basis;

a person begins to receive legal aid after having consulted a solicitor in the ordinary way with respect to the same matter, or ceases to receive legal aid before the matter in question is finally settled; and

there is any relevant change of circumstances while a person is receiving legal aid;

provide for the period when a Grant of Aid issued on a provisional basis is in force, and for matters relating to the lapse or extension of such Grant of Aid; and

provide for any forms to be used under this Act.