14(1)A solicitor who maintains an office or has an established legal practice in an area may apply to the area director of that area to have his name placed on one or more of

14(2)An area director shall enter the name of each solicitor who has applied under subsection (1) on each panel stipulated in the application.

14(3)Where an area director issues a legal aid certificate he shall advise the holder of the legal aid certificate of the names of all solicitors on the appropriate panel for that area.

14(4)Nothing in subsection (3) prevents the holder of a legal aid certificate from retaining a solicitor who is not on a panel for that area if the solicitor retained is on the appropriate panel for another area and the Provincial Director gives his approval.

14(5)Where a holder of a legal aid certificate does not retain a solicitor within sixty days of the date of issue of the legal aid certificate, the legal aid certificate expires.

14(6)A holder of a legal aid certificate authorizing services to be performed under paragraph 12(1)(a) or (g) in respect of an offence punishable by death or life imprisonment may retain any solicitor, whether or not his name has been placed on a panel, except a solicitor whose name has been removed from a panel, other than upon his own request, and has not been restored.

14(7)Except where authorized under subsection (6), no solicitor shall act for a person under a legal aid certificate unless his name is on an appropriate panel in relation to the service to be performed under that certificate.

14(1)A solicitor who maintains an office or has an established legal practice in an area may apply to the area director of that area to have his name placed on one or more of

14(2)An area director shall enter the name of each solicitor who has applied under subsection (1) on each panel stipulated in the application.

14(3)Where an area director issues a legal aid certificate he shall advise the holder of the legal aid certificate of the names of all solicitors on the appropriate panel for that area.

14(4)Nothing in subsection (3) prevents the holder of a legal aid certificate from retaining a solicitor who is not on a panel for that area if the solicitor retained is on the appropriate panel for another area and the Provincial Director gives his approval.

14(5)Where a holder of a legal aid certificate does not retain a solicitor within sixty days of the date of issue of the legal aid certificate, the legal aid certificate expires.

14(6)A holder of a legal aid certificate authorizing services to be performed under paragraph 12(1)(a) or (g) in respect of an offence punishable by death or life imprisonment may retain any solicitor, whether or not his name has been placed on a panel, except a solicitor whose name has been removed from a panel, other than upon his own request, and has not been restored.

14(7)Except where authorized under subsection (6), no solicitor shall act for a person under a legal aid certificate unless his name is on an appropriate panel in relation to the service to be performed under that certificate.