New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 72A

72A Agreements or arrangements with Commonwealth

(1) The State, or the Commission with the approval of the Attorney General, may from time to time enter into an agreement or arrangement with the Commonwealth for or with respect to the provision of legal aid.

(1A) The matters for which any such agreement or arrangement may provide include (but are not limited to) the following:

(a) the money to be made available by the Commonwealth, or (in the case of an agreement or arrangement between the State and the Commonwealth) by the State and the Commonwealth, for the purposes of the provision of legal aid and other legal services,

(b) the priorities to be observed, in relation to money made available by the Commonwealth, in the provision of legal aid and other legal services.

(2) Any such agreement or arrangement shall, except in so far as it is inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, be binding on the Commission.