Legal Aid South Africa Act, 2014 (Act No. 39 of 2014)

Regulations

30. Exceeding the means test and discretion

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(1)Legal Aid South Africa has the discretion to authorize fully subsidized legal aid for any applicant who exceeds the means test by up to R3 000 a month in respect of gross income for all matters and R100 000 in respect of net assets for all matters.

 

(2)Legal Aid South Africa may consider the application of any person who does not qualify for legal aid in terms of the means test under regulation 27(1) and (2), but who subjectively judged, is indigent and deserves sympathetic consideration on the grounds of exceptional or other circumstances: Provided such application otherwise qualifies for legal aid in terms of regulations 3(1) and 10(1).