LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1990

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation

PART 2 - Legal Aid Commission

• 4 Constitution of Commission
• 5 Membership of Commission
• 6 Functions of Commission
• 7 Powers of Commission
• 8 Director of Legal Aid
• 9 Acting Director
• 10 Staff of Commission
• 10A Superannuation
• 11 Professional conduct of officers

PART 3 - Legal Aid Committees

• 12 Establishment of Legal Aid Committees
• 13 Constitution of Legal Aid Committees
• 14 Functions and powers of Legal Aid Committees

PART 4 - Legal Aid

• 15 Provision of legal aid
• 16 Applications for legal aid
• 17 Determination of applications
• 18 Termination or variation of legal aid
• 19 Circumstances in which legal aid may be provided
• 20 Legal aid for certain persons
• 21 Contributions towards costs and expenses
• 22 Services of private legal practitioners
• 23 Allocation of work
• 24 Fees and costs
• 25 Entitlement of assisted persons to costs
• 26 Costs awarded against assisted persons
• 27 Guidelines
• 28 Notification of decisions

PART 5 - Review Committees

• 29 Requests for review
• 30 Establishment of Review Committees
• 31 Constitution of Review Committee
• 32 Function of Review Committee
• 33 Hearing
• 34 Decision of Review Committee

PART 6 - Finances of Commission

• 35 Legal Aid Fund
• 36 Application of Fund
• 37 Authorised deposit-taking institution accounts
• 38 Investment of funds
• 39 Money held on trust
• 40 Accounts
• 41 Section 41
• 42 Estimates of expenditure

PART 7 - Miscellaneous

• 43 Publicity of services
• 44 Signature of legal practitioner
• 45 Establishment of consultative committees
• 46 False or misleading statements
• 47 Certificates
• 48 Annual reports
• 49 Immunity of members
• 50 Delegation by Commission or Director
• 51 Exemption from duty, &c.
• 52 Regulations
• 53 Transitional and savings provisions
• 53A Validation of appointments
• 53B Savings and transitional provisions
• 53C Further savings and transitional provisions
• 54 Administration of Act
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