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Part 3Administration of legal services system
Functions of Secretary for Justice and Legal Services Commissioner: Legal Services Commissioner

71Functions of Commissioner

  1. The Commissioner has the following functions:

  2. to grant legal aid in accordance with this Act and the regulations:
    1. to determine legal aid repayments where legal aid is granted:
      1. to assign a provider of legal aid services or specified legal services to an aided person:
        1. in relation to salaried lawyers,—
          1. to decide the allocation of cases among salaried lawyers:
            1. to oversee the conduct of legal proceedings conducted by salaried lawyers:
              1. to manage the performance of salaried lawyers:
              2. to carry out any other function conferred on the Commissioner by the Minister, by the Secretary, or by or under this Act or any other enactment.

                1. The Commissioner must act independently when performing any function stated in subsection (1)(a) to (d).

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