Regulation 26 Directions by the Lord Chancellor

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 26 words inserted by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) 2013 Sch. para. 1(5)
reg. 26(1) amended by Costs in Criminal Cases (General) 1991
reg. 26(3) inserted by Costs in Criminal Cases (General) 1991
reg 26 am by Costs in Criminal Cases (General) 2004 regs 2, 8

(1)

The Lord Chancellor shall recover in accordance with directions given by him any sums paid out of the legal aid fund or central funds where a costs order has been made against a party to proceedings in favour of—

(a)

a legally assisted person, or

(b)

a person in whose favour an order for the payment of costs out of central funds has been made.

(2)

Directions given by the Lord Chancellor under this regulation may be given generally or in respect of a particular case and may require the payment of sums due under a costs order and stipulate the mode of payment and the person to whom payment is to be made.