A-14, r. 2 - Regulation respecting legal aid

Section 19 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

19. An applicant who does not meet any of the 3 conditions set out in section 18 may, to the extent provided for in section 20, be declared financially eligible for contributory legal aid.

For the purposes of determining such financial eligibility:

(1)  where the applicant does not meet any of the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 18:

(a)  the value of the assets, other than liquidities, that he owns and that the other persons whose assets are considered under this Regulation own and that exceeds, according to the class applicable to the applicant, the values provided for in paragraph 2 of section 18, is deemed to constitute, in a proportion of 10% of the value in excess, income that must be added to the other income considered for eligibility purposes pursuant to section 20;

(b)  his liquidities and those of the other persons whose liquidities are considered under this Regulation and that exceed, according to the class applicable to the applicant, the values provided for in paragraph 3 of section 18, are deemed to constitute income that must be added to the other income considered for eligibility purposes pursuant to section 20;

(2)  where the applicant meets the condition set out in paragraph 1 of section 18, but not those in paragraph 2 or 3 of the same section, the income considered for eligibility purposes pursuant to section 20 are deemed to be equal to the sum of the maximum annual level, according to the class applicable to the applicant, fixed in paragraph 1 of section 18 and the income deemed to be added under subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of this section.

O.C. 1073-96, s. 19; O.C. 1454-97, s. 6.