Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person shall be
appointed to the office of Director of Legal Aid.
(2) A person is not
eligible for appointment as Director unless the person is an Australian
lawyer, or is qualified for admission to the legal profession, and has had not
less than 5 years’ legal experience.
(3) The following
provisions apply to and in relation to the Director, that is to
say —
(a) he
shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Commission for
a term not exceeding 5 years;
(b) the
conditions of his service shall be such as the Commission determines;
(c)
subject to the Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 , he shall be paid such
remuneration and allowance or allowances as the Commission may from time to
time determine;
(d) he
may be reappointed, from time to time at the expiration of a term of office
unless he has been removed from office by the Governor under
paragraph (e);
(e) he
may, at any time, be removed from office by the Governor for disability,
bankruptcy, neglect of duty or misconduct, or if he engages in any other
remunerative employment without the approval of the Commission; and
(f) he
may at any time resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the
Commission.
[Section 18 amended by No. 8 of 1978
s. 3; No. 73 of 1992 s. 6; No. 21 of 2008 s. 674(10).]