9Guidelines for provision of legal aid

9 Guidelines for provision of legal aid VLA must determine, having regard to funds available, any legal aid arrangement and relevant recommendations of the Commonwealth Commission, guidelines in relation to the provision of legal aid and, in particular, guidelines to be applied in— (a) the application of section 24 for the purpose of determining whether legal assistance may be provided to a person under this Act; (b) the application of section 26(2) for the purpose of determining whether a person requiring legal advice should be required to make an application for legal assistance; (c) determining whether the providing of legal assistance to a person will be subject to all or any of the conditions referred to in section 27(1); (d) determining the amount of costs or disbursements that will be required to be paid to VLA by an assisted person if the proceeding in respect of which the legal assistance was provided is decided, compromised or results in the person's favour; (e) determining the extent, if any, to which VLA will pay costs awarded against a legally assisted person in a proceeding. S. 10 substituted by No. 48/1995 s. 6.