Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Without limiting the generality of section 7, legal assistance may be provided by the Commission by arranging for the services of a private legal practitioner to be made available at the expense of the Commission or by making available the services of officers.
(2) The Commission shall determine guidelines for the allocation of work between officers and private legal practitioners and make the guidelines available to them.
(3) Where the Commission provides legal assistance by making available the services of officers, the Commission shall pay disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the course of providing that assistance.
(4) Where the Commission provides legal assistance by arranging for the services of private legal practitioners, the Commission shall, except where the services are provided on a voluntary basis, pay fees to the private legal practitioners for the performance of those services (being fees determined by the Commission in accordance with section 30(8), (9) and (10)) and shall pay disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses properly incurred by them.