Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LEGAL AID (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) 1992 (NO. 53 OF 1992) - SECT 23

23. After section 95 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted—

“95A. (1) Where an amount is due and payable to the Commission under section 31, a further amount of interest for the period commencing when the first-mentioned amount becomes payable and ending when it is paid or judgment is entered in respect of it (whichever sooner happens) is due and payable to the Commission and may be recovered as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

“(2) The amount of interest shall be calculated in the manner prescribed for the purposes of subsection 227B (2) of the Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act 1982 .”.