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Second
Session, 48th General Assembly 67 Elizabeth II, 2018 |
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AN
ACT TO AMEND THE LEGAL AID ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................ |
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Committee..................................................................................................... |
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Royal Assent................................................................................................. |
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HONOURABLE ANDREW PARSONS, Q.C. Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General |
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Ordered to be printed by
the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the Legal Aid Act to repeal the provisions which allow an applicant for legal aid who is charged with murder, manslaughter or infanticide to select a solicitor in private practice. A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE LEGAL AID ACT Analysis 1.
S.31 Amdt. 2. Transitional Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cL-11 1. Subsections 31(3.1), (3.2) and (3.3) of the Legal Aid Act are repealed. Transitional 2. Nothing in this Act affects a certificate that (a) was issued by the commission to an applicant for professional services to be rendered by a solicitor in private practice in accordance with subsection 31(3.1) of the Legal Aid Act before the coming into force of this Act; and (b) is completed and signed by the solicitor in private practice and returned to the commission in accordance with section 29 of the Legal Aid Regulations. ©Queen's Printer |