13Constitution of Legal Aid Committees

### 13 Constitution of Legal Aid Committees > > (1)  A Legal Aid Committee consists of 4 members of whom – > > > > > > (a) one is the Director; and > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 13 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2017, s. 15, Applied:19 Sep 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-09-19/act-2017-036#GS15@Hpa@EN) one is a person, appointed by the Commission, who is not a legal practitioner; and > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 13 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2017, s. 15, Applied:19 Sep 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-09-19/act-2017-036#GS15@Hpb@EN) 2 are persons, nominated by the Law Society and appointed by the Commission, who are legal practitioners. > > > (2)  The Commission shall appoint a member of a Legal Aid Committee as chairperson of that Legal Aid Committee. > > > (3)  The Director may appoint an officer to be the Director's deputy as a member of a Legal Aid Committee. > > > (4)  The deputy of the Director appointed is entitled to attend a meeting of the Legal Aid Committee in the absence of the Director from that meeting and while so attending is deemed to be a member of that Legal Aid Committee. > > > (5)  The Commission may appoint a person as a deputy of a member referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS13@Gs1@EN) [(b)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpb@EN) . > > > (6)  The Commission may appoint a legal practitioner nominated by the Law Society as a deputy of a member referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS13@Gs1@EN) [(c)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpc@EN) . > > > (7)  The deputy of a member appointed under [subsection (5)](#GS13@Gs5@EN) or [(6)](#GS13@Gs6@EN) is entitled to attend a meeting of a Legal Aid Committee in the absence of the member from that meeting and while so attending is deemed to be a member of the Legal Aid Committee.