New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
Reprint as at 1 July 2011
(SR 2006/180)
Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General
At Wellington this 3rd day of July 2006
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Legal Services Regulations 2006: revoked, on 1 July 2011, by section 146 of the Legal Services Act 2011 (2011 No 4).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Pursuant to section 113 of the Legal Services Act 2000, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Financial eligibility for legal aid
5 Legal aid for civil matters: maximum levels of income
6 Legal aid for civil matters: maximum levels of disposable capital
7 Determining disposable capital: home equity allowance
8 Determining capital and disposable capital: valuation of assets
9 Resources that have been disposed of
10 Prescribed repayment amount
11 Maximum amount payable based on capital
12 Maximum amount payable based on income
13 Fees and expenses associated with charges
14 Rate of interest on unpaid legal aid debt
15 Maximum grant to be specified for grants of legal aid
Applications in respect of minors and others
17 Application by persons incapable of completing application because of mental or physical infirmity
18 Application by non-residents
Schedule 1
Maximum amount payable based on capital
