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Legal Aid Act 1978
40DContingent payments
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40D Contingent payments
(1) Despite any other law to the contrary, a person in his or her capacity as trustee or member of the committee or employee or agent of the trustees may enter into an agreement with the assisted person under which payment of a fee to the trustees is contingent on the outcome of the proceeding.
S. 40D(2)–(4) repealed by No. 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 47.9).
S. 40E inserted by No. 48/1995 s. 7,
repealed by No. 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 47.10).
S. 40F inserted by No. 48/1995 s. 7, amended by No. 18/2005 s. 18(Sch. 1 item 57.25).