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Legal Aid Act 1977
17Chief executive officer and assistant executive officers
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17 Chief executive officer and assistant executive officers
(1) There shall be a Chief Executive Officer of the commission who shall
be charged with the management of the operations and affairs of the
(2) The commission must appoint a chief executive officer.
Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a
law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by
naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see Legislation
Act, s 207).
(3) The commission may appoint such assistant executive officers of the
commission as it considers necessary to assist the chief executive
officer in the exercise of the functions of the chief executive officer
under this Act.