Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LEGAL AID (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997 (NO. 97 OF 1997) - SECT 4

4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

“ ‘funding agreement' means an agreement between the Territory and the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory (‘the other jurisdiction') for the provision of legal assistance by the Commission in matters arising under the laws of the other jurisdiction, where the agreement provides for the full funding of such assistance by the other jurisdiction, including funding of all overheads (including administrative overheads) involved in implementing the agreement;

‘Territory matter' means a matter arising under a law of the Territory, other than a law in relation to which a funding agreement is in force;”; and

    (b)     by omitting subsection (3).