Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where legal
services are being performed on behalf of an assisted person by the Director
or a legal practitioner who is a member of the staff and any signature by a
legal practitioner acting for the assisted person is required or permitted for
the purpose of any proceeding in which the assisted person is a party, or is
required or wishes to file or produce any document, the signature of the
Director followed by the title “Director of Legal Aid” shall be
sufficient.
(2) The Director may
authorise any member of the staff who is a legal practitioner to sign
documents for the purposes referred to in subsection (1) and the
signature of a person so authorised followed by the words “on behalf of
the Director of Legal Aid” or “for Director of Legal Aid”
shall be sufficient for those purposes.
[Section 62 amended by No. 113 of 1978
s. 10; No. 21 of 2008 s. 674(32) and (33).]
[Heading inserted by No. 60 of 1977
s. 27.]