Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Aid Act 1978 - SECT 49

State may enter into agreements and arrangements

49. State may enter into agreements and arrangements



(1) The State may from time to time enter into an agreement or arrangement
with the Commonwealth for or with respect to-

   (a)  the moneys to be made available by the Commonwealth, or by the State
        and the Commonwealth, for the purposes of legal aid;

   (b)  the priorities to be observed, in relation to moneys made available by
        the Commonwealth, in the provision of legal aid as between classes of
        persons or classes of matters, or both;

   (c)  the sharing of-



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   (ii) operational costs incurred in the provision of legal aid by VLA;



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   (f)  any matter incidental to a matter mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or
        (c).



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