Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, if a private practitioner performs services by way of legal assistance on
behalf of an assisted person under Division 3 the practitioner shall
report to the Commission —
(a) at
the completion of the period of legal assistance; and
(b)
every 6 months during the continuation of the period of legal assistance,
if the period of legal assistance continues for more than 6 months.
(2) Without limiting
section 63A, the Director may at any time, either of his own motion or at
the request of the Commission or a legal aid committee or a review committee,
request a private practitioner referred to in subsection (1) to report to
the Commission and the practitioner shall so report within 14 days of the
date of the request or within such longer period as the Director allows.
(3) A report made
under this section by the private practitioner shall state clearly and
precisely —
(a) the
legal services provided to the assisted person;
(b) the
progress of the matter to the date of the report;
(c) any
facts which might affect the grant of legal assistance including but not
limited to changes in the assisted person’s financial circumstances; and
(d) any
other information required by the Commission.
[Section 50B inserted by No. 73 of 1992
s. 15.]