Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LEGAL AID (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997 (NO. 97 OF 1997) - SECT 6

6. After section 8 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“8A. (1) Where the Minister issues a direction under paragraph 8 (3) (a), this Act applies in relation to the provision of legal assistance in a matter to which the relevant funding agreement applies, subject to subsection (2).

“(2) The following provisions of this Act only apply in relation to the provision of legal assistance in a matter to which a funding agreement applies to the extent to which those provisions are not inconsistent with the funding agreement:

        (a)     paragraph 10 (1) (j);

        (b)     sections 11 and 12;

        (c)     Parts V and VI.