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Legal Aid Commission Act 1979
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#### 63 Payments into Fund
63 Payments into Fund
> > (1) Except as provided by section 64A, there shall be paid into the Fund—
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> > > (a) all amounts paid out of the Public Purpose Fund maintained under section 48 of the [Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-016) for the purpose of supplementation of the Legal Aid Fund,
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> > > (b) any money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund,
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> > > (c) any money received by the State of New South Wales from the Commonwealth for the purposes of legal aid,
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> > > (d) amounts paid to the Commission under section 36 (1) (a) or (b) or recovered by it under section 36 (3),
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> > > (d1) money received by the Commission in respect of services performed or carried out under clause 20 of Schedule 8,
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> > > (e) money received by the Commission by way of payment of party and party costs,
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> > > (f) money received by the Commission pursuant to a direction under section 44 (1),
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> > > (g) money recovered by the Commission under section 45 (2),
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> > > (h) amounts paid to the Commission pursuant to a determination under section 46 (1) or recovered by it under section 46 (3),
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> > > (i) (Repealed)
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> > > (j) penalties recovered pursuant to this Act, and
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> > > (k) the interest from time to time accruing from the investment of the Fund.
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> > (2) There may be paid into the Fund money, other than money referred to in subsection (1), which may lawfully be paid into the Fund.
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> > (3) The Commission shall maintain a separate account or accounts in the Fund for money—
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> > > (a) received for or on behalf of a legally assisted person by a law practice when acting as a solicitor on behalf of the person, or
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> > > (b) otherwise payable to a legally assisted person, not being money payable into the trust account referred to in section 64A.
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> > (4) Interest from time to time accruing from the investment of money in a separate account referred to in subsection (3) does not form part of that separate account and is not payable to the legally assisted person concerned.
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> **s 63:** Am 1982 No 40, Sch 1 (5); 1985 No 86, Sch 1 (28); 1987 No 9, Sch 1 (10); 1987 No 111, Sch 1; 1998 No 101, Sch 2.3; 2008 No 62, Sch 2.32 \[3\]; 2011 No 27, Sch 2.24 \[4\]; 2015 No 7, Sch 2.28 \[5\]; 2019 No 20, Sch 1.15\[4\].