33(1)A lawyer who maintains an office or has an established legal practice in an area may apply to an employee for that area to have his or her name placed on one or more of the following:
(a)
a criminal duty counsel panel;
(b)
a criminal legal aid panel;
(c)
a civil duty counsel panel;
(d)
a civil legal aid panel; and
(e)
a legal advice and services panel.
33(2)An employee for an area shall enter the name of each lawyer who has applied under subsection (1) on each panel stipulated in the application.
33(3)If an employee for an area issues a legal aid certificate, he or she shall advise the holder of the legal aid certificate of the names of all lawyers on the appropriate panel for that area.
33(4)Nothing in subsection (3) prevents the holder of a legal aid certificate from retaining a lawyer who is not on a panel for that area if the lawyer retained is on the appropriate panel for another area and the Executive Director gives his or her approval.
33(5)If a holder of a legal aid certificate does not retain a lawyer within 60 days after the date of issue of the legal aid certificate, the legal aid certificate expires.
33(6)No lawyer shall act for a person under a legal aid certificate unless his or her name is on an appropriate panel in relation to the service to be performed under that certificate.
33(1)A lawyer who maintains an office or has an established legal practice in an area may apply to an employee for that area to have his or her name placed on one or more of the following:
(a)
a criminal duty counsel panel;
(b)
a criminal legal aid panel;
(c)
a civil duty counsel panel;
(d)
a civil legal aid panel; and
(e)
a legal advice and services panel.
33(2)An employee for an area shall enter the name of each lawyer who has applied under subsection (1) on each panel stipulated in the application.
33(3)If an employee for an area issues a legal aid certificate, he or she shall advise the holder of the legal aid certificate of the names of all lawyers on the appropriate panel for that area.
33(4)Nothing in subsection (3) prevents the holder of a legal aid certificate from retaining a lawyer who is not on a panel for that area if the lawyer retained is on the appropriate panel for another area and the Executive Director gives his or her approval.
33(5)If a holder of a legal aid certificate does not retain a lawyer within 60 days after the date of issue of the legal aid certificate, the legal aid certificate expires.
33(6)No lawyer shall act for a person under a legal aid certificate unless his or her name is on an appropriate panel in relation to the service to be performed under that certificate.