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- (b) prescribe fees for applications for a Grant of Aid, and provide that the Chief Public Defender may reduce any fee, or waive or refund the whole or any part of any fee;
- (c) make provision for the circumstances in which a Grant of Aid may be varied or cancelled;
- (d) make provision for the recovery of contributions that are due and payable;
- (e) make any provision necessary to meet the circumstances where—
- (i) an individual is issued a Grant of Aid on a provisional basis;
- (ii) an individual receives criminal defence aid in respect of any proceedings after having consulted a solicitor in the ordinary way with respect to those proceedings, or ceases to receive criminal defence aid in respect of any proceedings before those proceedings have concluded; or
- (iii) there is any change of circumstances while an individual is receiving criminal defence aid;
- (f) make provision for the period when a Grant of Aid issued on a provisional basis is in force, and for matters relating to the lapse or extension of the Grant of Aid; and
- (g) prescribe all matters required or permitted to be prescribed under or for the purposes of this Act.
(3) The regulations made under this section may apply—
- (a) generally to all legal matters (whether relating to proceedings in a court or otherwise);
- (b) to any specified class of matters or proceedings; or
- (c) to all matters or proceedings other than matters or proceedings of a specified class.
(4) The regulations made under this section may provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $2,000.
