LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 - As at 1 March 2023 - Act 18 of 1997
- As at 1 March 2023
- Act 18 of 1997
Table of Provisions
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 9 Applying for legal assistance
- 10 How to apply for legal assistance
- 11 What is taken into account in deciding whether legal assistance may be given
- 12 What is taken into account in deciding whether an applicant needs legal assistance
- 13 What else is taken into account if the applicant is a corporation
- 14 What else is taken into account in deciding whether to give legal assistance for an applicant not normally resident in the State
- 15 Effect of likely outcome on decision whether to give legal assistance for a court proceeding
- 16 Legal Aid may assist person having an interest adverse to the State etc.
- 17 Deciding applications
- 18 Conditions of approval
- 19 How Legal Aid may enforce a condition of an approval
- 20 Legal Aid must give written notice if it refuses an application
Division 3 - Reviews and court orders and recommendations
Division 4 - Alternative dispute resolution
- 23 Definitions for div 4
- 24 Legal Aid’s powers in relation to alternative dispute resolution
- 25 Admissions made to conferencing chairpersons
- 26 Conferencing chairperson to maintain secrecy
- 27 Ordinary protection and immunity allowed
Division 5 - General duties of lawyers and Legal Aid service providers
- 28 Lawyer must notify other parties that a person is legally assisted
- 29 Legal Aid service provider must give particular information to Legal Aid
Division 6 - Costs of proceedings
Division 7 - Other provisions about Legal Aid’s recovery of its costs and expenses
Division 8 - Legal Aid service provider’s fees
- 40 How much is payable by Legal Aid to a Legal Aid service provider etc.
PART 3 - LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND
Division 1 - Establishment
Division 2 - Functions and powers
PART 4 - LEGAL AID BOARD
Division 1 - Establishment, composition etc.
- 48 Establishment
- 49 Composition
- 50 Appointment conditions
- 51 Duration of appointment
- 52 Board’s functions
- 53 Board’s report to Minister
- 54 Board’s powers
- 55 Delegation of board’s powers
Division 2 - Procedure
- 56 Time and place of meetings
- 57 Quorum
- 58 Decisions
- 59 Decisions without meetings
- 60 Minutes
- 61 Procedure
- 62 Conflicts of interest
Division 3 - Attorney-General’s directions
- 63 Attorney-General may give board directions
PART 5 - OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND
Division 1 - Chief executive officer and employees
- 64 Chief executive officer of Legal Aid
- 65 Qualifications for appointment
- 66 Term of office
- 67 Chief executive officer’s responsibilities
- 68 Things done by chief executive officer
- 69 Delegation by chief executive officer
- 70 Employees
Division 2 - Legal practice
- 71 External employment
- 72 Particular provisions of the Legal Profession Act 2007 do not apply to Legal Aid lawyers
- 73 Legal Aid taken to be law firm etc.
- 73A Holding of practising certificates
- 74 Professional conduct
- 75 Application of legal professional privilege to Legal Aid and Legal Aid lawyers
- 76 Legal Aid and its employees’ right of practice
- 77 Application of the Legal Profession Act 2007 to Legal Aid lawyers
- 78 Application of laws about conduct to Legal Aid lawyers who are barristers
- 79 Solicitor on the record
PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 80 Protection from liability
81. (Repealed)
- 82 Secrecy
- 83 Legal Aid employee’s duty to give information
- 84 Offence of misrepresentation
- 85 Proceedings under Act
- 86 Evidence
- 87 Approval of forms
- 88 Regulation-making power
PART 7 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 89 Former entity
- 90 (Expired)
- 91 Consultative committees, legal aid committees and review committees
- 92 Existing decisions and directions of, and delegations by, former entity’s Director
- 93 Review of decisions
- 94 Assets
- 95 Rights and liabilities
- 96 (Expired)
- 97 Proceedings
- 98 Existing arrangements or contracts
- 99 Former entity’s director
- 100 Former entity’s Assistant Directors and existing employees
- 101 References to Legal Aid Act 1978
- 102 References to former entity
- 103 References to former director
