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Legal Aid Act 1977
30Legal advice and duty lawyer services
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30 Legal advice and duty lawyer services
(1) Legal assistance provided under this Act, being legal assistance
consisting of—
(a) legal advice, other than legal advice mentioned in section 25 (5);
or
(b) the provision of duty lawyer services;
shall, subject to subsection (2), be provided without charge.
(2) In special circumstances determined by the commission, legal
assistance to which subsection (1) applies may be provided subject to
a condition that the person to whom the legal assistance is to be
provided pays to the commission a fixed charge determined by the
(3) In special circumstances determined by the commission, legal
assistance mentioned in subsection (1) shall not be provided to a
person.