20Legal aid provided by ALAO

#### 20 Legal aid provided by ALAO 20 Legal aid provided by ALAO > > (1) An application for legal aid made to the Australian Legal Aid Office which has not been determined immediately before the merger day shall be deemed to be an application under section 31. > > > (2) Where, before the merger day, the Australian Legal Aid Office was performing services on behalf of a person by way of legal aid, then, as from that day, the services shall, so far as is necessary, continue to be performed on behalf of the person by the Commission. > > > (3) A private legal practitioner who, immediately before the merger day, was acting for a person in a matter in the course of the operations of the Australian Legal Aid Office shall, in respect of that matter, be deemed to be a private legal practitioner to whom the Commission has assigned work under this Act. > > > (4) Services— > > > > > (a) performed on or after the merger day by the Commission on behalf of a person under subclause (2), or > > > > > (b) carried out on or after the merger day by a private legal practitioner under subclause (3), > > > > shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, be performed or carried out subject to any conditions attached to, and the policies of the Australian Legal Aid Office in relation to, the performance or carrying out of the services before the merger day. > > > (5) An eligible person who becomes a member of staff of the Commission under this clause may, within the period of 3 months after becoming such a member, make an election to contribute to the State Public Service Superannuation Fund pursuant to section 12 (7) of the [State Public Service Superannuation Act 1985](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1985-045). > > > (6) On and from the merger day, the Director shall be deemed to be the solicitor for a person in any proceeding in a court, or in any other matter, in which an officer or employee of the Australian Legal Aid Office was acting in the course of the operations of that Office as the solicitor for the person immediately before that day.