Article 8 Applications for legal aid

(1)

An application for legal aid—

(a)

shall be made in writing in a form approved by the Commission or in such other manner, being in writing, as the secretary may accept as sufficient in the circumstances of the case; and

(b)

shall be lodged with the secretary.

(2)

Every application for legal aid shall state the name and address of the solicitor selected by the applicant to act for him in the proceedings concerned, and shall also contain such information and be accompanied by such documents as may be requisite to enable the Commission to determine—

(a)

the nature of the proceedings to which the application relates;

(b)

whether the applicant could afford to proceed without legal aid; and

(c)

whether the applicant has reasonable grounds for taking or defending or being a party to the proceedings.

(3)

Any application for legal aid shall contain an undertaking made by the applicant that he will comply with the provisions of the Measure which relate to legal aid and with these Rules, and any such undertaking shall be made on a form approved by the Commission, or in such other manner, being in writing, as the secretary may accept as sufficient in the circumstances of the case.