Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An application for
legal aid in respect of a matter shall be in writing in the form approved by
the Commission for use in relation to such a matter and may be lodged at any
office of the Commission.
(2) Subject to
subsection (4), an application for legal aid shall, in accordance with
the directions of the Commission under subsection (3), be decided by a
legal aid committee, by the Director or by a member of the staff authorised by
the Director to decide applications for legal aid.
(3) The Commission
shall give directions as to —
(a) the
classes of cases in which applications for legal aid shall be decided by a
legal aid committee; and
(b) the
classes of cases in which such applications shall be decided by the Director
or by a member of the staff authorised by the Director under
subsection (2).
(4) The Commission
may, notwithstanding anything in this section, at any time itself refuse any
application for legal aid.
[Section 36 inserted by No. 60 of 1977
s. 17; amended by No. 126 of 1982 s. 8; No. 90 of 1986
s. 11.]