Regulation 30 Termination of legal aid other than on change of circumstances

The Board may cease to make legal aid available to an assisted person if–

(a)

it appears to it that the assisted person has–

(i)

required the proceedings to be conducted unreasonably so as to incur an unjusti fiable expense to the Fund;

(ii)

failed to comply with any condition imposed under section 14(2) of the Act;

(iii)

in relation to any application for legal aid, made an untrue statement as to his resources or has failed to disclose any material fact concerning them, whether the statement was made or the failure occurred before or after legal aid was made available to him;

(iv)

wilfully failed to comply with these Regulations by not furnishing to the Board any material information concerning anything other than his resources; or

(v)

knowingly made an untrue statement in furnishing such information; or

(b)

it is satisfied that the assisted person–

(i)

has failed without reasonable excuse to attend for an interview or to provide information or documents when so required under these Regulations; or

(ii)

having been required to make a contribution, is more than one month in arrears in making any payment in respect of that contribution.