Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Aid Act 1978 - SECT 4

Objectives

4. Objectives

The objectives of VLA are-

   (a)  to provide legal aid in the most effective, economic and efficient
        manner;

   (b)  to manage its resources to make legal aid available at a reasonable
        cost to the community and on an equitable basis throughout the state;

   (c)  to provide to the community improved access to justice and legal
        remedies;

   (d)  to pursue innovative means of providing legal aid directed at
        minimising the need for individual legal services in the community.