Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997
sec.19How Legal Aid may enforce a condition of an approval
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sec.19 How Legal Aid may enforce a condition of an approval
Legal Aid may, in a court of competent jurisdiction— enforce a condition imposed under section 17 against a legally assisted person by action as if it were a condition of a contract entered into with the legally assisted person; or enforce a charge or security given under a condition imposed under section 17 in a way that would be available to Legal Aid if the charge or security had been given as a condition of a contract entered into with the legally assisted person. Without limiting subsection (1) , if a contribution is payable by a legally assisted person to a Legal Aid service provider under a condition of approval for legal assistance, the service provider, with Legal Aid’s written approval, may start a proceeding in the service provider’s name to recover the contribution. s 19 amd 2013 No. 35 s 120 (sec.19-ssec.1) Legal Aid may, in a court of competent jurisdiction— enforce a condition imposed under section 17 against a legally assisted person by action as if it were a condition of a contract entered into with the legally assisted person; or enforce a charge or security given under a condition imposed under section 17 in a way that would be available to Legal Aid if the charge or security had been given as a condition of a contract entered into with the legally assisted person. (sec.19-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , if a contribution is payable by a legally assisted person to a Legal Aid service provider under a condition of approval for legal assistance, the service provider, with Legal Aid’s written approval, may start a proceeding in the service provider’s name to recover the contribution.
- (a) enforce a condition imposed under section 17 against a legally assisted person by action as if it were a condition of a contract entered into with the legally assisted person; or
- (b) enforce a charge or security given under a condition imposed under section 17 in a way that would be available to Legal Aid if the charge or security had been given as a condition of a contract entered into with the legally assisted person.