Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If a legal aid
authority decides that legal aid should be provided to a person under this
Act, the legal aid authority shall determine whether the legal services
involved in providing that legal aid shall be performed by —
(a) a
private practitioner; or
(b) a
legal practitioner who is an officer of the Commission.
(2) In making a
determination pursuant to subsection (1) a legal aid authority shall, so
far as practicable, apply the guidelines determined by the Commission pursuant
to paragraph (g) of section 15(1) and shall, in any event, have
regard to the matters mentioned in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) of that paragraph.
[Section 38 amended by No. 60 of 1977
s. 19; No. 126 of 1982 s. 10; No. 90 of 1986 s. 13;
No. 73 of 1992 s. 7; No. 21 of 2008 s. 674(19).]