Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A Legal Aid Committee consists of 4 members of whom –
(a) one is the Director; and
(b) one is a person, appointed by the Commission, who is not a legal practitioner or a barrister; and
(c) 2 are persons, nominated by the Law Society and appointed by the Commission, who are legal practitioners or barristers.
(2) The Commission shall appoint a member of a Legal Aid Committee as chairperson of that Legal Aid Committee.
(3) The Director may appoint an officer to be the Director's deputy as a member of a Legal Aid Committee.
(4) The deputy of the Director appointed is entitled to attend a meeting of the Legal Aid Committee in the absence of the Director from that meeting and while so attending is deemed to be a member of that Legal Aid Committee.
(5) The Commission may appoint a person as a deputy of a member referred to in subsection (1)(b).
(6) The Commission may appoint a legal practitioner nominated by the Law Society as a deputy of a member referred to in subsection (1)(c).
(7) The deputy of a member appointed under subsection (5) or (6) is entitled to attend a meeting of a Legal Aid Committee in the absence of the member from that meeting and while so attending is deemed to be a member of the Legal Aid Committee.