Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person affected
by a decision may by notice in writing to the Director request that the
decision be reconsidered.
(2) On receiving a
request made under subsection (1), the Director shall, if the decision to
which that request relates was made by —
(a) a
legal aid committee, refer that decision to a legal aid committee;
(b) the
Director, himself reconsider that decision or refer that decision to a member
of the staff or to a legal aid committee;
(c) a
member of the staff, himself reconsider that decision or refer that decision
to a member of the staff or to a legal aid committee; or
(d) the
Commission, refer that decision to the Commission,
for consideration.
(3) When a decision is
referred under subsection (2) to a legal aid committee or member of the
staff or to the Commission for reconsideration, the legal aid committee or
member of the staff or the Commission, as the case requires, shall reconsider
the decision.
(4) On reconsidering a
decision under subsection (2) or (3), a legal aid committee or officer of
the Commission or the Commission, as the case requires —
(a) may
confirm, vary or reverse the decision; and
(b)
shall, in the manner prescribed in section 47(2), communicate the result
of the reconsideration to the person by whom the relevant request was made
under subsection (1).
(5) Notwithstanding
anything in this section, a legal aid committee or officer of the Commission
or the Commission, as the case requires, may refuse to reconsider a decision
if the relevant request was not received by the Director within 28 days
from the day on which the decision was communicated to the person by whom that
request was made under subsection (1), and shall, if it or he so refuses,
communicate that refusal to that person in the manner prescribed by
section 47(2).
[Section 48 inserted by No. 126 of 1982
s. 15.]