Legal Aid Commission Act 1979
55Board may approve policies and guidelines for panels
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55 Board may approve policies and guidelines for panels
55 Board may approve policies and guidelines for panels
(1) The Board may, from time to time, approve policies and guidelines about the following—
(a) the procedure for the approval of persons as members of the pool,
(b) the method of establishing a Legal Aid Review Panel, including what constitutes an appeal raising a complex question of law or policy,
(c) the operation and procedures of panels, including the way in which panels must hear and determine appeals.
(2) Approved panel policies and guidelines must be published on the website of Legal Aid NSW.
s 55: Subst 2000 No 98, Sch 1 [19]; 2024 No 7, Sch 1[5].