LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 49 Assignment of work

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 49

49 Assignment of work

(1) The Commission is to determine the procedure for engaging law practices for the provision of legal aid, which may relate to, without limitation--

(a) the eligibility criteria of law practices, or

(b) the matters for which a law practice may be engaged, which may include (but are not limited to)--

(i) matters generally, or matters of a particular type or class, or

(ii) matters in a specified jurisdiction, or

(iii) matters in a specified area of the State, or

(c) the manner in which work is to be distributed to law practices, having regard to the interests of the legally assisted person or any choice expressed by the legally assisted person for a particular law practice.

(2) A law practice that provides community legal services is not eligible to be engaged by the Commission for the provision of legal aid, unless the Commission otherwise determines.

(3) A law practice that has been engaged by the Commission for the provision of legal aid does not have an entitlement to be given work.