Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1976 - SECT 76

76 .         Law Society staff

        (1)         On the appointed day  ²  — 

            (a)         any practitioner who —

                  (i)         was immediately before that day, employed on a full-time basis by the Law Society under Part V of the Legal Contribution Trust Act 1967 ⁸ ; and

                  (ii)         has, before that day, indicated in writing to the Commission that he wishes to become a member of the staff of the Commission;

                and

            (b)         any person who has been nominated in writing to the Commission by the Law Society and who was, immediately before that day, employed by the Law Society and engaged wholly or partly in the administration of the scheme of legal assistance administered by the Law Society under Part V of the Legal Contribution Trust Act 1967 ⁸ ,

                shall become a member of the staff of the Commission.

        (2)         Where a person becomes a member of the staff pursuant to subsection (1) he retains his existing and accruing rights and for the purpose of determining those rights his service as an employee of the Law Society shall be taken into account as if it were service with the Commission.