244.This section gives the Lord Chancellor the power to make regulations establishing a legal assistance scheme.  It sets out the coverage that such a scheme should have, namely that a person should only be eligible for legal assistance if he is an individual who has referred a decision of the Authority to impose on him a penalty for market abuse and provided that he meets the eligibility criteria which are to be established under section 135(1)(d).
Commentary on Sections Part Ix: Hearings and Appeals Section 134: Legal assistance scheme