Regulation 9 Attendance for interview and supply of information
An applicant for legal aid shall, if required by the Board to do so, attend for interview by a representative of the Board or supply such F1information or further information or documents as the Board may require to enable it to determine the application F2or to make determination as to the amount of contribution to the Fund.
Where an applicant for legal aid fails to comply with a requirement under paragraph (1) above;
the Board may treat the application as having been abandoned, and where it does so it shall give intimation of the abandonment to the applicant and any opponent; and
the Board shall have the right to recover from the applicant the amount paid out of the Fund in respect of the fees and outlays of the applicant’s solicitors and counsel, less any amount received from that person by way of contribution.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 9(1) inserted (4.12.2004) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/491), regs. 1, 3(1)(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 9(1) inserted (4.12.2004) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/491), regs. 1, 3(1)(b)
- F3
Reg. 9(2) substituted (4.12.2004) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/491), regs. 1, 3(2)