Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID ACT 1977 - SECT 11

The commission shall determine guidelines for the allocation of work between officers of the commission and private legal practitioners having regard to the following considerations:

        (a)     the need for legal services to be readily available and easily accessible to disadvantaged people;

        (b)     the need to make the most efficient use of the money available to the commission;

        (c)     the desirability of enabling a legally assisted person to obtain the services of the legal practitioner of his or her choice;

        (d)     the desirability of maintaining the independence of the private legal profession;

        (e)     the desirability of enabling officers of the commission to utilise and develop their expertise and maintain their professional standards by conducting litigation and doing other kinds of professional legal work.