Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Each Legal Aid Committee shall consist of the Director and 3 other members.
(2) The members of a Legal Aid Committee, other than the Director, shall be appointed by the Commission.
(3) The Commission shall appoint as a member of a Legal Aid Committee one person who is not a lawyer.
(4) The members of a Legal Aid Committee, other than the Director and the person appointed under subsection (3), shall be persons nominated by the Law Society.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Director may appoint another officer to be his or her deputy, or may appoint other officers to be his or her deputies, in relation to the Director's membership of Legal Aid Committees.
(6) In the event of the absence of the Director from a meeting of a Legal Aid Committee, the deputy of the Director or, if there is more than one deputy, one of the deputies, is entitled to attend that meeting and, while so attending, shall be deemed to be a member of the Committee.
(7) The Commission may appoint a person to be the deputy of a member of a Legal Aid Committee other than the Director and, in the event of the absence of the member from a meeting of the Legal Aid Committee, the deputy is entitled to attend that meeting and, while so attending, shall be deemed to be a member of the Committee.