Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Legal Aid may enter into legal assistance arrangements.
(2) A legal assistance arrangement with the Commonwealth must be approved by the Minister.
(3) The matters for which a legal assistance arrangement may provide include the following--
(a) the amounts to be made available by the Commonwealth, a State or another entity, for legal assistance under this Act;
(b) the priorities to be observed in providing the legal assistance as between classes of persons or matters.
(4) To meet its obligations under a legal assistance arrangement, Legal Aid may enter into an agreement with a private lawyer, community legal centre or other entity to provide legal services as Legal Aid's agent.