New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 14

14 Assignment to Australian legal practitioner of case of assisted person

(1) On granting assistance to a person under section 13, the Director-General 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 Department Head of another Government Department-to an Australian legal practitioner employed in that Government Department, or

(d) to an Australian legal practitioner practising on his or her own account who has indicated to the Director-General 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 Director-General, 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 Director-General.