Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1976 - SECT 68

68 .         State may enter into agreements and arrangements

                The State may from time to time enter into an agreement or arrangement with the Commonwealth for or with respect to — 

            (a)         the moneys to be made available by the Commonwealth, or by the State and the Commonwealth, for the purposes of legal assistance;

            (b)         the priorities to be observed in the provision of legal assistance as between classes of persons or classes of matters, or both;

            (c)         the transfer to the staff of the Commission of persons who are Commonwealth employees within the meaning of section 77;

            (ca)         the sharing of — 

                  (i)         the costs of establishing the Commission; and

                  (ii)         operational costs incurred in the provision of legal assistance by the Commission;

            (d)         any matter incidental to a matter mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (ca).

        [Section 68 amended by No. 60 of 1977 s. 30.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 48 of 1984 s. 6.]