FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 14
Assignment to Australian legal practitioner of case of assisted person
FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 14
Assignment to Australian legal practitioner of case of assisted person
14 Assignment to Australian legal practitioner of case of assisted person
(1) On granting assistance to a person under section 13, the Secretary shall
assign the person's case--
(a) with the consent of the Legal Aid Commission of
New South Wales--to the Chief Executive Officer of that Commission or a member
of its staff,
(b) to an Australian legal practitioner employed in the
Department,
(c) with the consent of the head of another Public Service
agency--to an Australian legal practitioner employed in that agency, or
(d)
to an Australian legal practitioner practising on his or her own account who
has indicated to the Secretary a willingness to undertake the conduct of the
cases of assisted persons,
and shall give to the assisted person written
notification of the relevant particulars of the Australian legal practitioner
to whom the case has been assigned.
(2) The Australian legal practitioner to
whom a person's case is assigned under this section may, on behalf of the
person, appear in any court and conduct any matter or proceeding relating to
the case, either personally or, with the consent of the Secretary, by another
Australian legal practitioner.
(3) An Australian legal practitioner to whom a
case has been assigned under this section may not terminate the assignment
without the leave of the Secretary.