### Legal Aid Regulations 《法律援助規例》

7A. Period for which proceedings are stayed under section 15
The period during which any proceedings are stayed by section 15 of the Ordinance shall be 42 days.
(L.N. 326 of 1984)

### Legal Aid Regulations 《法律援助規例》

11. Repeated refusal of certificates
(1) Where a person has applied for and been refused a certificate—
(a) on 2 or more occasions where the applications relate to substantially the same cause or matter; or
(b) in any other case, on 4 or more occasions,

and it appears to the Director that his conduct has amounted to an abuse of the facilities provided by the Ordinance, the Director may order that no consideration shall be given to any future application by that person. (L.N. 326 of 1984; L.N. 235 of 1988)
(2) No such direction shall—
(a) apply to any application by that person on behalf of an infant; or
(b) remain in force for a period longer than 3 years.

### Legal Aid Regulations 《法律援助規例》

12A. Deposit under r. 52 of Bankruptcy Rules and r. 22A of Companies (Winding-up) Rules
(1) Where a legal aid certificate is granted to bring proceedings in bankruptcy or to wind up a company, the Director may deposit any sum required to be deposited under rule 52 of the Bankruptcy Rules (Cap. 6 sub. leg. A) or rule 22A of the Companies (Winding-up) Rules (Cap. 32 sub. leg. H), as the case may be, and a further such deposit may be made notwithstanding that the proceedings to which the legal aid certificate relates have been determined. (L.N. 184 of 1974)
(2) (Repealed L.N. 194 of 1992)(E.R. 1 of 2013)

13. Service of notices
(1) Any notice or notification required to be served under any provision of the Ordinance shall be served either personally or by post to the last known address of the person required to be served. (L.N. 326 of 1984)
(2) Whenever an aided person becomes a party to proceedings, or a party to proceedings becomes an aided person, the Director shall forthwith serve all other parties with a notice in the prescribed form and the aided person’s solicitor shall if at any time thereafter any other person becomes a party to the proceedings, forthwith serve similar notice upon such person. (L.N. 56 of 1967)

### Legal Aid Regulations 《法律援助規例》

14. Property recovered for and costs awarded to aided person
(1) (Repealed L.N. 56 of 1967)(2) Where in any proceedings to which an aided person is a party—
(a) an order or agreement is made providing for the recovery or preservation of property for the benefit of the aided person and, by virtue of the Ordinance, there is a first charge on the property for the benefit of the Director; or
(b) an order or agreement is made for the payment of costs to the aided person,

the aided person shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), take such proceedings, being proceedings which may be taken under section 5 of the Ordinance, as may be necessary to enforce or give effect to such order or agreement.
(3) Any aided person may apply to the Director for a direction that paragraph (2) shall not apply to him on the ground that, having regard to the probable cost of any proceedings referred to or to the likelihood of their being successful, it would be unreasonable to take them and, if the Director agrees, he shall direct that the proceedings be not taken and shall amend the aided person’s certificate so as to exclude such proceedings therefrom.The power conferred on the Director by this paragraph may be exercised without an application being made by an aided person.
(4) Where the Director, having directed that proceedings be not taken by the aided person, is of the opinion that it is expedient so to do he may enforce any order for the payment of money in his name.

15. Miscellaneous provisions
(1) Where in any proceedings to which an aided person is a party—
(a) judgment is signed in default of appearance or defence, the judgment shall contain a direction that the costs of the aided person shall be taxed;
(b) the court gives judgment or makes a final order in the proceedings, the judgment shall contain a direction (in addition to any other direction as to taxation contained in the judgment or order) that the costs of any aided person shall be so taxed.
(2) Where in any proceedings to which an aided person is a party—
(a) the proceedings are, or have been, brought to an end without a direction having been given, whether under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) or otherwise, as to the aided person’s costs being taxed; or
(b) a judgment or order in favour of an opposite party, that included a direction that the aided person’s costs be taxed has not been drawn up or as the case may be entered by him,

an order that the aided person’s costs be taxed shall be made on ex parte application to the Registrar by his solicitor or the Director and the costs of the application and taxation shall be deemed to be costs in the proceedings to which the certificate relates or related.

### Legal Aid Regulations 《法律援助規例》

15A. Category of persons who may be granted legal aid in coroners inquests
(1) For the purposes of section 28(2) of and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Ordinance and the grant of legal aid to the family of a deceased person in respect of an inquest into deaths under the Coroners Ordinance (Cap. 504), the Director may approve the grant of legal aid to one and, only one, person being the surviving spouse, child, father, mother, brother or sister of the deceased.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where the Director is satisfied that there is no person of any description in that paragraph either in being or, to whom a grant of legal aid can reasonably be made, he may for that reason approve the grant of legal aid for the purposes mentioned in that paragraph to any other person who, in the opinion of the Director, may reasonably be regarded as a surviving close relative of the deceased if he is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so.
(L.N. 147 of 2000; E.R. 1 of 2013)

16. Procedure
Save as is otherwise provided by these regulations, in any proceedings in any court to which an aided person is party the procedure shall be regulated by the rules of procedure for that court.

17. Obligations of counsel and a solicitor
(1) Where the name of counsel or a solicitor is entered on the panel, the presence of his name on the list shall carry with it the obligation of such counsel or solicitor also to act for an aided person—
(a) in any appeal from the court in which he has so acted; and
(b) in any proceedings before any person to whom the proceedings are referred by the court in which he has so acted.
(2) For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that where any solicitor is assigned for the purpose of any proceedings any other solicitor in the same firm may act for the aided person therein.
(L.N. 326 of 1984)