When you get legal aid, more than one provider might help you. If this happens, the Commissioner only deals with the main provider, called the lead provider. The Commissioner pays the lead provider and talks to them, not the other providers, as stated in the Legal Aid Act.
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If more than 1 provider provides services under a grant of legal aid, any obligation of the Commissioner to pay or to communicate with a person providing services under the grant is owed only to the lead provider, and not to any other provider.
