Acts and Regulations

L-2 - Legal Aid Act

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Legal aid certificates
10(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a legal aid certificate shall not be issued to a person who is not ordinarily resident in New Brunswick.
10(2)Where in the opinion of the Provincial Director the interests of justice demand that legal aid be extended to a person not ordinarily resident in New Brunswick, the Provincial Director may authorize that a legal aid certificate be issued to such person.
10(3)Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of any proceeding or any matter preliminary to an anticipated proceeding under paragraph 12(1)(a), or under paragraph 12(1)(g) in respect of proceedings under paragraph 12(1)(a).
10(4)The Minister may, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, enter into a reciprocal agreement with another province of Canada, or with a state that is designated by order in council, in which provision is made for extending the benefits of this Part to persons ordinarily resident in that province or state, in which case a legal aid certificate may be issued to one of such persons.
1971, c.11, s.10; 1973, c.54, s.1; 1993, c.21, s.10
Legal aid certificates
10(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a legal aid certificate shall not be issued to a person who is not ordinarily resident in New Brunswick.
10(2)Where in the opinion of the Provincial Director the interests of justice demand that legal aid be extended to a person not ordinarily resident in New Brunswick, the Provincial Director may authorize that a legal aid certificate be issued to such person.
10(3)Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of any proceeding or any matter preliminary to an anticipated proceeding under paragraph 12(1)(a), or under paragraph 12(1)(g) in respect of proceedings under paragraph 12(1)(a).
10(4)The Minister may, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, enter into a reciprocal agreement with another province of Canada, or with a state that is designated by order in council, in which provision is made for extending the benefits of this Part to persons ordinarily resident in that province or state, in which case a legal aid certificate may be issued to one of such persons.
1971, c.11, s.10; 1973, c.54, s.1; 1993, c.21, s.10