Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 - SECT 17

17 Deciding applications

(1) Legal Aid may—

(a) approve an application for legal assistance unconditionally, or on conditions it considers appropriate having regard to—

(i) its objects under this Act; and

(ii) a relevant legal assistance arrangement; or

(b) refuse the application.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , Legal Aid may decide to give the legal assistance—

(a) itself or through a Legal Aid service provider; and

(b) free, or on condition that the legally assisted person pays part of the cost of giving the assistance.