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Legal Services Act 2011

Administration of legal services system - Functions of Secretary for Justice and Legal Services Commissioner - Secretary for Justice

69: Methods of delivery of legal services

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You can get legal services in different ways. The Secretary for Justice can make arrangements for non-lawyers to help, following the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. They can also work with lawyers or law firms to provide legal services.

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Functions of Secretary for Justice and Legal Services Commissioner: Secretary for Justice

69Methods of delivery of legal services

  1. Without limiting section 68(2)(c), the methods of delivery of legal services may include—

  2. making arrangements, subject to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, for the services of non-lawyers to be made available:
    1. entering into agreements with individual lawyers, groups of lawyers, or law firms for the provision of legal services:
      1. employing salaried lawyers to provide legal services:
        1. entering into contracts with community law centres to provide community legal services.