Regulation 8 Provisions relative to lodging of accounts for advice and assistance
In regulation 17 of the principal Regulations—
in paragraph (1) the words “6 months” shall be deleted and the words “1 year” substituted; and there shall be added at the end the following:—
“Provided that, where civil legal aid has been made available to an applicant to whom in connection with the same matter advice or assistance has been given, the account for such advice and assistance shall be submitted to the Board at the same time as that for civil legal aid; and any work which is charged under civil legal aid shall not be charged in the advice and assistance account.”;
the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (1):—
“(1A)The Board may accept an account for advice and assistance submitted outwith the period referred to in paragraph (1) above if it considers that there is a special reason for late submission.”.