New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SECT 15

15 Legal and financial assistance

(1) A witness who is appearing or is about to appear before the Commission may make an application to the Attorney General for the provision of assistance under this section in respect of the witness’s appearance.

(2) A person who proposes to make, or has made, an application to the Supreme Court:

(a) under section 19 (2) for an order of review in respect of a decision of the Commission, or

may make an application to the Attorney General for the provision of assistance under this section in respect of the application to the Supreme Court.

(3) Where an application is made by a person under subsection (1) or (2), the Attorney General may, if satisfied that:

(a) it would involve substantial hardship to the person to refuse the application, or

(b) the circumstances of the case are of such a special nature that the application should be granted,

authorise, out of money provided by Parliament, the provision to that person, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Attorney General determines, of such legal or financial assistance in respect of the appearance of that person before the Commission, or the application by that person to the Supreme Court, as the case may be, as the Attorney General determines.