LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION ACT 1977
Table of Provisions
PART 1--Preliminary
PART 2--The Legal Services Commission
- 6 Constitution of Legal Services Commission
- 7 Terms and conditions of office
- 8 Quorum etc
- 9 Allowances and expenses
- 9A Disclosure of interest
- 10 Functions of Commission
- 11 Principles on which Commission operates
- 11A Legal Profession Reference Committee
- 12 Advisory and other committees
- 12A Appeals
- 12B Panel of assessors
- 13 Delegation
PART 3--The Director of Legal Services and other staff
- 14 The Director
- 14A Director's power of delegation
- 15 Employment of legal practitioners and other persons by Commission
PART 4--Legal assistance
- 16 Legal assistance to be provided by the Commission and by private practitioners
- 17 Application for legal assistance
- 18 Recovery of legal assistance costs from assisted persons
- 18A Legal assistance costs may be secured by charge on land
- 18B Special provisions in relation to property subject to a restraining order
- 18C Director to determine scale of fees for professional legal work
- 19 Determination and payment of legal assistance costs to legal practitioners (other than Commission practitioners)
- 20 Costs
- 21 Duty to supply information
- 22 Disclosure of information relating to legal assistance
PART 5--Financial provisions
- 23 Legal Services Fund
- 24 Power to borrow with approval of Treasurer
- 25 Audit
- 26 Commission and trust money
PART 6--Miscellaneous
- 27 Agreements between State and Commonwealth
- 28 Remission of fees
- 29 Provision of legal assistance by Commission practitioners
- 30 Legal practitioners employed by Commission bound by ethical standards of the profession
- 31 Discipline of legal practitioner employed by Commission
- 31A Secrecy
- 33 Annual report
- 33A Immunity
- 34 Regulations Legislative history The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: