Clause 6

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) An application for legal aid must be —

made in the form and manner required by the Director; and

accompanied by any documents and information required by the Director.”;

by deleting the words “sections 8(2)(b) and 9(1)” in subsection (3)(b) and substituting the words “section 8(2)(b)”;

by deleting the words “shall, upon attaining the age of 21 years, make a fresh application under subsection (1) for legal aid in his own right to the Director” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “must give to the Director, within the prescribed time after the aided person attains 21 years of age, and in the form and manner required by the Director, a written consent to continue receiving legal aid”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(6) Every aided person who gives a written consent under subsection (5) is deemed to have made a fresh application for legal aid in that person’s own right.”.

by deleting “8(2)(a)” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “8(1)(b) or (2)(c)”; and

by deleting the words “section 8(2)(b) or in the Second Schedule” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “section 8(1)(a) or (2)(b)”.