Civil Legal Aid Act 1995
Legal Aid Fund.
19.—(1) The Board shall, subject to such conditions as may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, be prescribed by the Minister, establish and maintain a fund to be known as the Legal Aid Fund.
(2) The Fund shall consist of all resources of the Board, including—
(a) sums advanced to the Board pursuant to section 18, and
(b) all other payments made to the Fund or the Board, including contributions paid into the Fund pursuant to section 29 by persons who have been granted legal aid and advice and costs and damages recovered by such persons and paid into the Fund pursuant to section 33 in accordance with regulations (if any) made under section 37.
(3) There shall be paid out of the Fund such sums as are required to be expended by the Board in order that it may perform its functions under this Act.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references to the Minister for and Department of Finance construed as Minister for and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 6-9.
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
(b) the statutory instruments specified in Schedule 2,
are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Provision |
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No. 32 of 1995 |
Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 |
Sections 6, 11(4), (5), (7) and (8), 18, 19(1), 20(1), 27(2), 28(10), 30(3) and 33(9) |
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Note that the name of the Minister for and Department of Public Expediture and Reform as was changed to:
• Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (1.02.2023) by Public Expenditure and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 19 of 2023), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (5.06.2025) by Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 243 of 2025), in effect as per art. 1(2).