Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The functions of
the Commission shall be —
(a) to
provide legal assistance in accordance with this Act;
(b) to
control and administer the Fund.
(2) Legal assistance
may be provided by the Commission by making available the services of the
Director and the staff or by arranging for the services of private
practitioners to be made available at no expense to, or wholly or partly at
the expense of, the Commission.
(3) Where the
Commission provides legal assistance by way of legal aid in relation to
proceedings that assistance may be provided in relation to proceedings
instituted or proposed to be instituted or which could be
instituted —
(a) in
the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court or any other court or tribunal
established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of the State; or
(b) in
any court or tribunal established by or under a law of another State or a
Territory of the Commonwealth where, for reasons of convenience, or under
arrangements made with a person or body providing legal aid in that State or
Territory, it is in the opinion of the Commission desirable that legal aid be
provided.
[Section 12 amended by No. 126 of 1982
s. 4; No. 90 of 1986 s. 6.]