Article 10 Interim certificates

The Commission may authorise the secretary to grant an interim certificate for legal aid in any case in which the secretary on receiving an application under rule 8 considers that it is in the interests of justice that the applicant should be granted legal aid in respect of the whole or part of costs to be incurred during the period between the issue of the certificate by the secretary and the determination of the application by the Commission.

An interim certificate may be issued only in respect of costs incurred in connection with proceedings not actually begun and only for an amount not exceeding such sum as the Commission may from time to time authorise.