Clause 11

by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) The Director may require any applicant for legal aid or any person to whom a Grant of Aid is issued to deposit with him such amounts at such times as the Director may think fit to be used in or towards meeting out-of-pocket expenses (not including office expenses) incurred in connection with the application or with any proceedings to which the application or the Grant of Aid relates.(2) Any amount deposited under subsection (1) shall be used only to pay —

firstly, the out-of-pocket expenses referred to in that subsection; and

thereafter, any outstanding contribution the applicant is required to pay under section 9(1).(2A) After the payments referred to in subsection (2)(a) and (b) have been made, the balance of the amount deposited under subsection (1), if any, shall be refunded to the applicant or the aided person, as the case may be.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) Where the Director has made any advance out of the funds in his control to meet out-of-pocket expenses under subsection (3), the Director may require the applicant or the aided person, as the case may be, in respect of whom those expenses are incurred to repay to the Director any amount expended or advanced in such manner as the Director thinks fit.”.