South Australian Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION ACT 1977 - SECT 27

27—Agreements between State and Commonwealth

        (1)         The State, or the Commission with the approval of the Attorney-General, may from time to time enter into an agreement or arrangement with the Commonwealth with respect to the provision of legal assistance.

        (1a)         The matters for which any such agreement or arrangement may provide include (but are not limited to) the following:

            (a)         the money to be made available by the Commonwealth, or (in the case of an agreement or arrangement between the State and the Commonwealth) by the State and the Commonwealth, for the purposes of the provision of legal assistance; and

            (b)         the priorities to be observed, in relation to money made available by the Commonwealth, in the provision of legal aid and other legal services.

        (2)         Any such agreement or arrangement will, to the extent that it involves matters within the purview of the Commission, be binding on the Commission.



[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]