LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 55
Discretionary payments from Fund for other purposes
LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 55
Discretionary payments from Fund for other purposes
55 Discretionary payments from Fund for other purposes
(1) The Trustees may from time to time, with the concurrence of the Attorney
General, determine that an amount is to be paid from the Public Purpose Fund
for any of the following purposes--
(a) the supplementation of any of the
following funds--
(b) the promotion and furtherance of legal
education in New South Wales,
(c) the advancement, improvement and extension
of the legal education of members of the community,
(d) the conduct of
research into the law, the legal system, law reform and the legal profession
and into their impact on the community,
(e) the furtherance of law reform,
(f) the establishment and improvement of law libraries and the expansion of
the community's access to legal information,
(g) the collection, assessment
and dissemination of information relating to legal education, the law, the
legal system, law reform, the legal profession and legal services,
(h) the
encouragement, sponsorship or support of projects aimed at facilitating access
to legal information and legal services,
(i) the improvement of the access of
economically or socially disadvantaged people to the legal system, legal
information or legal services.
(1A) The Trustees may from time to time, with
the concurrence of the Attorney General, determine that an amount is to be
paid from income earned from the investment of the community legal services
account established in the Public Purpose Fund for the purposes of the
community legal services program managed by the Legal Aid Commission.
(1B)
Subsection (1A) does not limit the payment of any other money from the
Public Purpose Fund under any other provision of this section.
(2) The
Trustees are to invite applications for payments from the Fund for the
purposes referred to in this section at such intervals as the Secretary
directs.
(3) Before making a payment from the Fund for a purpose other than
the supplementation of the Legal Aid Fund or a purpose specified in subsection
(1A), the Trustees are to consider whether adequate provision has been made
from the Fund for the purpose of supplementation of the Legal Aid Fund.
(4)
The Trustees may approve the making of a payment in advance under this
section, but the period with respect to which the payment is made must not
exceed 3 years.
(5) A determination of the Trustees under this section may be
made only by a unanimous decision of the Trustees. A unanimous decision is a
decision supported unanimously at a meeting of the Trustees at which all the
Trustees for the time being are present and vote.
(6) This section does not
require the Trustees to distribute all of the income or any of the capital of
the Public Purpose Fund.