45Recovery of money

#### 45 Recovery of money 45 Recovery of money > > (1) Where— > > > > > (a) a court or tribunal has made an order directing the payment of money (whether or not being or including an order as to costs) in favour of a legally assisted person, or > > > > > (b) money is otherwise recoverable by a legally assisted person (whether or not in a proceeding or by virtue of a settlement or compromise), > > > > and the person fails, within such time as the Commission thinks reasonable, to recover the money, the Commission may, by notice in writing, direct the person to assign his or her right to recover the money, or such part of it as is specified in the notice, to the Commission within a period of 21 days after the date of the notice. > > > (2) Where a legally assisted person fails to comply with a notice given to him or her under subsection (1), the person shall be deemed, at the expiration of the period referred to in subsection (1), to have assigned to the Commission the right to recover the money in respect of which the notice is given and the Commission may do and suffer all such things as the person could, but for this subsection, have been able to do or suffer in order to recover that money. > > > (3) The Commission must account to the legally assisted person in respect of money recovered by it under this section. > > **s 45:** Am 1996 No 94, Sch 4 \[20\].