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Regulation 18 Legal aid in matters of special urgency

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(1)

Where an applicant seeks legal aid in a matter of special urgency the Board may make legal aid available to him notwithstanding that it has not been satisfied that he has aprobabilis causa litigandi or that it has not determined that the financial conditions specified in section 15 of the Act are satisfied.

(2)

Where legal aid is made available under paragraph (1) above, the Board shall–

(a)

specify that it is available only for such limited purposes, or such limited period, or both, as it considers appropriate in the circumstances;

(b)

require the applicant as soon as practicable to satisfy it that the requirements of section 14(1) of the Act are fulfilled, that his disposable income is such that he is eligible for legal aid, and that he should not be refused legal aid by virtue of section 15(2) of the Act; and

(c)

if the applicant does not so satisfy it, cease to make legal aid available to him.