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LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1976 - SECT 17

17 .         Trust moneys

        (1)         The Commission may accept moneys or other property on trust and may act as trustee of moneys or other property held by the Commission on trust.

        (2)         Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any moneys or other property held by the Commission upon trust shall be dealt with in accordance with the powers and duties of the Commission as trustee under the law of the State.

        (3)         The provisions of Part 12 Division 4 of the Legal Profession Act 2008 apply to and in relation to moneys held by the Commission on trust for persons who are or have been assisted persons.

        (4)         Any moneys held by the Commission on trust (other than moneys required to be deposited pursuant to Part 12 Division 4 of the Legal Profession Act 2008 ) may be invested by the Commission in any manner authorised by law for the investment of trust moneys and all moneys resulting from investments so made shall be credited to the Fund.

        [Section 17 amended by No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 21 of 2008 s. 674(8) and (9).]



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