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LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 37 Applications by certain persons

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 37

Applications by certain persons

37 Applications by certain persons

(1) Nothing prevents the Commission from granting an application made by--
(a) a party to proceedings where legal aid has been granted to another party to the same proceedings,
(b) a corporation if the Commission is of the opinion that the legal aid granted will protect the interests of other persons who are eligible for legal aid,
(c) a person involved in an inquiry or investigation, being an inquiry or investigation established by or under an Act, an Imperial Act or an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or by a Minister of the Crown for New South Wales or the Commonwealth, or
(d) a person whose interests are, or may be, adverse to the Crown in right of New South Wales or of the Commonwealth or a statutory body representing the Crown in right of New South Wales or of the Commonwealth.
(2) Where the Commission grants an application pursuant to subsection (1) (a), a solicitor employed by the Commission shall not act for more than one party to the same proceedings if to do so would create a conflict of interests.