Hong Kong Regulations

LEGAL AID (ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8A

Resources of persons receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance

For the purposes of determining the financial resources of a person receiving
assistance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme
administered by the Director of Social Welfare, it shall be presumed that the
financial resources of that person do not exceed the amount prescribed in
subparagraph (a) of Part I of Schedule 3 unless there are reasonable grounds
to believe or suspect that the financial resources of that person may be such
as to render him ineligible for legal aid or liable to pay a contribution by
virtue of section 18(1) of the Ordinance. (L.N. 148 of 2000)