10Functions of the Commission

10 Functions of the Commission

10 Functions of the Commission

(1) The principal function of the Commission is to provide legal aid and other legal services in accordance with this Act.

(2) The Commission in the exercise of its principal function may—

(a) determine—

(i) the persons or classes of persons in respect of whom legal aid may be granted, and

(ii) the matters or classes of matters in respect of which legal aid may be granted,

(b) determine priorities in the provision of legal aid as between—

(i) different persons or different classes of persons, and

(ii) different matters or different classes of matters,

(c) (Repealed)

(d) specify principles, including the imposition of means tests, to be applied in determining applications for legal aid,

(e) specify the circumstances, if any, in which contributions shall be paid by legally assisted persons and the means of calculating any such contributions,

(f) establish and conduct such local offices as it considers appropriate,

(g) liaise and co-operate with persons engaged or interested in the provision, in New South Wales or elsewhere, of legal aid otherwise than under this Act,

(g1) (Repealed)

(h) give assistance and make grants, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, to persons or bodies within New South Wales for the provision by those persons or bodies of legal aid,

(i) enter into agreements for the provision of legal aid to citizens of New South Wales in proceedings outside New South Wales with bodies which exercise, outside New South Wales, functions similar to those of the Commission,

(j) bring to the attention of the public, by publishing advertisements or otherwise, the services provided by the Commission,

(k) collect and publish information in respect of the functions of the Commission and in respect of other schemes of legal aid provided in New South Wales,