§ 25 — Regulations

25.—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or expedient for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may —(a)

regulate all matters relating to fees for solicitors, charges and costs in connection with any work mentioned in section 4(1)(a) or (b) (including costs to be incurred or incurred by an assigned solicitor for any matter that the assigned solicitor considers necessary for any work mentioned in section 4(1)(a) or (b));

(b)

prescribe fees for applications for a Grant of Aid, and provide that the Chief Public Defender may reduce any fee, or waive or refund the whole or any part of any fee;

(c)

make provision for the circumstances in which a Grant of Aid may be varied or cancelled;

(d)

make provision for the recovery of contributions that are due and payable;

(e)

make any provision necessary to meet the circumstances where —(i)

an individual is issued a Grant of Aid on a provisional basis;

(ii)

an individual receives criminal defence aid in respect of any proceedings after having consulted a solicitor in the ordinary way with respect to those proceedings, or ceases to receive criminal defence aid in respect of any proceedings before those proceedings have concluded; or

(iii)

there is any change of circumstances while an individual is receiving criminal defence aid;

(f)

make provision for the period when a Grant of Aid issued on a provisional basis is in force, and for matters relating to the lapse or extension of the Grant of Aid; and

(g)

prescribe all matters required or permitted to be prescribed under or for the purposes of this Act.

(3) The regulations made under this section may apply —(a)

generally to all legal matters (whether relating to proceedings in a court or otherwise);

(b)

to any specified class of matters or proceedings; or

(c)

to all matters or proceedings other than matters or proceedings of a specified class.

(4) The regulations made under this section may provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(5) The powers conferred by this section do not extend to any matter for which rules under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 may be made under section 24.

(6) All regulations made under this section must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or expedient for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may —(a)

regulate all matters relating to fees for solicitors, charges and costs in connection with any work mentioned in section 4(1)(a) or (b) (including costs to be incurred or incurred by an assigned solicitor for any matter that the assigned solicitor considers necessary for any work mentioned in section 4(1)(a) or (b));

(b)

prescribe fees for applications for a Grant of Aid, and provide that the Chief Public Defender may reduce any fee, or waive or refund the whole or any part of any fee;

(c)

make provision for the circumstances in which a Grant of Aid may be varied or cancelled;

(d)

make provision for the recovery of contributions that are due and payable;

(e)

make any provision necessary to meet the circumstances where —(i)

an individual is issued a Grant of Aid on a provisional basis;

(ii)

an individual receives criminal defence aid in respect of any proceedings after having consulted a solicitor in the ordinary way with respect to those proceedings, or ceases to receive criminal defence aid in respect of any proceedings before those proceedings have concluded; or

(iii)

there is any change of circumstances while an individual is receiving criminal defence aid;

(f)

make provision for the period when a Grant of Aid issued on a provisional basis is in force, and for matters relating to the lapse or extension of the Grant of Aid; and

(g)

prescribe all matters required or permitted to be prescribed under or for the purposes of this Act.

(3) The regulations made under this section may apply —(a)

generally to all legal matters (whether relating to proceedings in a court or otherwise);

(b)

to any specified class of matters or proceedings; or

(c)

to all matters or proceedings other than matters or proceedings of a specified class.

(4) The regulations made under this section may provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(5) The powers conferred by this section do not extend to any matter for which rules under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 may be made under section 24.

(6) All regulations made under this section must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.