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Legal Services Act 2011

Administration of legal services system - Payment for legal aid work, enforcement, and other matters relating to providers - Enforcement

102: Sanctions that may be imposed by Secretary

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"What happens if the Secretary imposes sanctions on you for legal aid services"

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You can have sanctions imposed on you by the Secretary. The Secretary decides what to do after getting advice from the performance review committee. They can do one or more things to you. You might have your approval to provide legal aid services changed or cancelled. The Secretary can also say you must be supervised by another approved provider. They can stop you from applying for approval to provide legal aid services for a time, between 3 months and 2 years. The Secretary can also choose to take no further action against you.

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Payment for legal aid work, enforcement, and other matters relating to providers: Enforcement

102Sanctions that may be imposed by Secretary

  1. In deciding any matter that has been investigated by the performance review committee, the Secretary may, after considering the committee's advice, do any 1 or more of the following:

  2. modify or cancel a person’s approval to provide legal aid services or specified legal services:
    1. require that a provider be supervised by another provider approved by the Secretary:
      1. bar a person from applying for approval to provide legal aid services or specified legal services for any period of a duration that is between 3 months and 2 years.

        1. The Secretary may, instead of imposing any sanction, decide to take no further action in relation to the matter.