47ACosts may be charged on the land

47A Costs may be charged on the land S. 47A(1) amended by No. 48/1995 s. 10(zf). (1) If any amount required to be paid to VLA by an assisted person is subject to a condition under section 27(1)(c)(i), VLA may secure the payment of that amount (including any unpaid interest) and any interest which may become due and unpaid on the whole or any part of that amount under this Act by taking out a charge over any land which is recovered or preserved for the assisted person in the proceedings. S. 47A(2) amended by No. 48/1995 s. 10(zf). (2) If— S. 47A(2)(a) amended by No. 48/1995 s. 10(zf). (a) an amount required to be paid to VLA by an assisted person has not been paid; and (b) the assisted person is registered as the proprietor of an estate in fee simple, either solely or as a joint tenant or a tenant in common, in land under the **Transfer of Land Act 1958** or holds an estate in fee simple or an equity of redemption, either solely or as a joint tenant or a tenant in common, in land not under that Act; and S. 47A(2)(c) amended by No. 48/1995 s. 10(zf). (c) the assisted person has refused or failed to pay the amount, within the time directed by VLA, or to give a charge over the land to secure the payment of that amount— VLA may secure the payment of any amount which has not been paid (including any unpaid interest) and any interest which may become due and unpaid on the whole or any part of that amount under this Act by taking out a charge over that land. S. 47A(3) amended by No. 48/1995 s. 10(zf). (3) A charge taken out by VLA is to be for the benefit of the Legal Aid Fund. S. 47B inserted by No. 38/1992 s. 10(1).