Legal Aid Commission Act 1990
8Director of Legal Aid
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8 Director of Legal Aid
(1) [Section 8 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] Subject to and in accordance with the State Service Act 2000 , a Director of the Commission is to be appointed.
(2) [Section 8 Subsection (2) amended by No. 36 of 2017, s. 13, Applied:19 Sep 2017] A person appointed as Director of the Commission shall be an Australian lawyer.
(3) If the person appointed as Director does not hold a current practising certificate, the person is deemed to hold such a certificate for the period during which the person holds office as Director.
(4) The Director shall –
(a) perform all the duties imposed on the Director under this Act or regulations; and
(b) carry out all instructions from, and the decisions of, the Commission.