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Legal Services Act 2011

Administration of legal services system - Quality assurance system for providers - Providers of legal services

82: Review of decisions of Secretary regarding approvals

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"Checking the Secretary's decisions about legal service approvals"

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You can ask the Review Authority to review a decision made by the Secretary about your approval to provide legal services. This can happen if the Secretary declines your application, imposes conditions on your approval, or imposes restrictions or sanctions on you under sections like section 101, section 102, or section 103. You must lodge your application with the Review Authority within 20 working days of the Secretary's decision. You need to act quickly, but the Review Authority can accept a late application if they think there were exceptional circumstances that stopped you from applying on time. The Review Authority can accept a late application up to 3 months after the Secretary's decision was given to you. This means you have a bit more time to apply if something unexpected happened. The Review Authority looks at your application and decides what to do next. You can apply for a review if the Secretary cancels your approval or imposes any conditions or restrictions on you. This is a way for you to have the Secretary's decision looked at again.

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82Review of decisions of Secretary regarding approvals

  1. A person may apply to the Review Authority for a review of a decision of the Secretary in respect of that person—

  2. declining the person's application for approval to provide 1 or more legal aid services or specified legal services:
    1. imposing any condition on the person's approval to provide 1 or more legal aid services or specified legal services:
      1. imposing any interim restriction on the person under section 101:
        1. imposing any sanction on the person under section 102:
          1. cancelling the person's approval under section 103.

            1. An application for review must be lodged with the Review Authority within 20 working days from the date of notice of the Secretary’s decision.

            2. The Review Authority may accept a late application no later than 3 months after the date on which notice of the relevant decision was given to the person, if the Review Authority is satisfied that exceptional circumstances prevented the application from being made within 20 working days after the date on which notice is given.