Victorian Bills Victorian Bills[Index] [Search] [Download] [Related Items] [Help]
This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 2001
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 1
3. Recovery of costs charged on property 2
4. New section 47F inserted 2
47F. Action not barred by Limitation of Actions Act 1958 2
ENDNOTES 4
i
541211B.I1-20/9/2001 BILL LA CIRCULATION 20/9/2001
PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 19 September 2001
A BILL
to amend the Legal Aid Act 1978 and for other purposes.
Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 2001
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the Legal Aid
Act 1978 to further secure client contributions
towards the cost of providing legal assistance.
5 2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
1
541211B.I1-20/9/2001 BILL LA CIRCULATION 20/9/2001
Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 2001
s. 3
Act No.
3. Recovery of costs charged on property
See:
In section 27(1)(c)(ii) of the Legal Aid Act 1978, Act No.
after "property" insert ", whether land or any 9245.
Reprint No. 4
other property,". as at
1 January
1999.
LawToday:
www.dms.
dpc.vic.
gov.au
5 4. New section 47F inserted
After section 47E of the Legal Aid Act 1978
insert--
"47F. Action not barred by Limitation of Actions
Act 1958
10 Section 20 of the Limitation of Actions Act
1958 does not apply, and is deemed never to
have applied, to an action brought by VLA
to recover money, being an amount payable
by an assisted person to VLA under section
15 27 or an amount in respect of costs and
interest that the assisted person is required to
reimburse or pay to VLA under section
48(6), if payment of the money is or was--
(a) secured in accordance with a condition
20 referred to in section 27(1)(c), whether
by a charge taken out under section
47A(1) or otherwise; or
(b) secured by a charge taken out under
section 47A(2); or
25 (c) secured under section 48(6); or
(d) secured by a charge taken out under
section 48A as inserted by the Legal
Aid Commission (Amendment) Act
1986 and repealed by the Legal Aid
2
541211B.I1-20/9/2001 BILL LA CIRCULATION 20/9/2001
Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 2001
s. 4
Act No.
Commission (Amendment) Act 1992;
or
(e) secured by a charge otherwise lawfully
taken out for the benefit of the Legal
5 Aid Fund established under section 41
or the Legal Aid Fund established
under section 10 of the Legal Aid Act
1969--
and such an action may be brought at any
10 time, whether or not that action could have
been brought before the commencement of
the Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 2001.".
3
541211B.I1-20/9/2001 BILL LA CIRCULATION 20/9/2001
Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 2001
Endnotes
Act No.
ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
4
541211B.I1-20/9/2001 BILL LA CIRCULATION 20/9/2001
[Index] [Search] [Download] [Related Items] [Help]