Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 - SECT 33

33 How lawyer must deal with particular amounts recovered by a legally assisted person

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an amount actually recovered by a legally assisted person in a matter in which the person was legally assisted comes into the possession of a Legal Aid service provider acting for the person in the matter; and

(b) the amount, or part of it, is payable by the legally assisted person to Legal Aid under this part.

(2) The service provider must pay to Legal Aid the amount, or part of it, necessary to discharge the amount payable by the legally assisted person to Legal Aid.

(3) Legal Aid’s receipt for an amount paid to it by a service provider under subsection (2) is a sufficient discharge to the agent for the amount.

(4) In this section—

"amount actually recovered" by a legally assisted person in a matter in which the person was legally assisted includes an ex gratia payment to the person in the matter.