sec.63Attorney-General may give board directions

sec.63 Attorney-General may give board directions

The Attorney-General may give the board a written direction about the following— Legal Aid performing its functions or exercising its powers; Legal Aid’s policies, priorities or guidelines, including priorities in legal assistance funding. The Attorney-General may only, and must, give a direction under subsection (1) relating to legal assistance given under a legal assistance arrangement with the Commonwealth, if the Commonwealth Attorney-General gives the Attorney-General a written request for the direction. A direction under subsection (1) can not be about giving legal assistance to a particular person. The board must comply with a direction given under subsection (1) or (2) . The Attorney-General must table in the Legislative Assembly— a copy of any direction given to the board under subsection (1) ; and if the direction was given on the request of the Commonwealth Attorney-General—a copy of the request. The copy of a direction or request mentioned in subsection (5) must be tabled in the Legislative Assembly within 10 sitting days after the direction is given to the board. (sec.63-ssec.1) The Attorney-General may give the board a written direction about the following— Legal Aid performing its functions or exercising its powers; Legal Aid’s policies, priorities or guidelines, including priorities in legal assistance funding. (sec.63-ssec.2) The Attorney-General may only, and must, give a direction under subsection (1) relating to legal assistance given under a legal assistance arrangement with the Commonwealth, if the Commonwealth Attorney-General gives the Attorney-General a written request for the direction. (sec.63-ssec.3) A direction under subsection (1) can not be about giving legal assistance to a particular person. (sec.63-ssec.4) The board must comply with a direction given under subsection (1) or (2) . (sec.63-ssec.5) The Attorney-General must table in the Legislative Assembly— a copy of any direction given to the board under subsection (1) ; and if the direction was given on the request of the Commonwealth Attorney-General—a copy of the request. (sec.63-ssec.6) The copy of a direction or request mentioned in subsection (5) must be tabled in the Legislative Assembly within 10 sitting days after the direction is given to the board.

• (a) Legal Aid performing its functions or exercising its powers;
• (b) Legal Aid’s policies, priorities or guidelines, including priorities in legal assistance funding.
• (a) a copy of any direction given to the board under subsection (1) ; and
• (b) if the direction was given on the request of the Commonwealth Attorney-General—a copy of the request.