Clause 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;

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

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 his performance of any duties imposed on him by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph;

make any provision necessary to meet the special circumstances where —

a person seeks legal aid in a matter of special urgency;

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; and

prescribe any forms to be used under this Act.