A-14, r. 2 - Regulation respecting legal aid

Section 39 Disposition versions

2023-05-25

39. Once the legal aid services rendered to a minor child are completed, the father and mother or parents of that child or the person referred to in section 2, as the case may be, must repay to the legal aid centre, upon request, all the costs of the legal aid obtained by the child, without exceeding the contribution that would be exigible from them under Division III. Where such repayment is incumbent upon the father and mother or parents, they are jointly responsible for making it.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, such repayment is not exigible where

(1)  the persons bound to make such repayment are financially eligible for gratuitous legal aid in their own right;

(2)  legal aid was granted, in proceedings under the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1) or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1), in order to ensure representation of or assistance to a minor.

O.C. 1073-96, s. 39; O.C. 1454-97, s. 28; O.C. 739-2023, s. 5.

2012-09-01

39. Where the financial eligibility of a minor was determined considering his income and liquidities only, the father and mother of that person or the person referred to in section 2, as the case may be, shall, once all the legal services have been rendered, repay to the legal aid centre, upon request, all the costs of the legal aid obtained by the minor, without exceeding the contribution that would be exigible from them under Division III. Where such repayment is incumbent upon the father and mother, they are jointly responsible for making it.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, such repayment is not exigible where

(1)  the persons bound to make such repayment are financially eligible for gratuitous legal aid in their own right;

(2)  legal aid was granted, in proceedings under the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1) or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1), in order to ensure representation of or assistance to a minor.

O.C. 1073-96, s. 39; O.C. 1454-97, s. 28.