Acts and Regulations

2014, c.26 - Legal Aid Act

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Regulations
48The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) designating regions of the Province as areas for purposes of this Act;
(b) prescribing oaths of office and secrecy as conditions of appointment, employment or entering into a contract under this Act;
(c) for the purposes of section 10, governing the remuneration and reimbursement of expenses for members of the Board, including providing for limits on remuneration and reimbursement of expenses;
(d) governing the functions of the Executive Director, duty counsel and other persons appointed, employed or contracted with for purposes of this Act;
(e) governing the constitution, functions and procedures of area committees and the Legal Aid Committee;
(f) governing panels referred to in section 33, including the removal of lawyers from panels;
(g) governing the establishment of student legal aid societies and the functions of students participating in the plan;
(g.1) governing the establishment and functions of legal aid clinics;
(h) Repealed: 2016, c.42, s.11
(i) Repealed: 2016, c.42, s.11
(j) governing the non-disclosure of information provided by or about an applicant for legal aid services or a holder of a legal aid certificate;
(k) prescribing rules for determining financial eligibility and the grounds on which applicants may be determined to be ineligible for legal aid services;
(l) prescribing the content of legal aid certificates;
(m) governing procedures for issuing, amending and cancelling legal aid certificates;
(n) governing the issuing of legal aid certificates retroactively;
(n.1) governing appeals referred to in paragraph 6(1)(b.1), including the form, manner and procedures with respect to an appeal;
(o) governing appeals referred to in section 32;
(p) governing memorials of debt, liens and other forms of security that may be required to secure obligations arising under this Act, including the creation, registration, amount, operation, effect and discharge of them;
(p.1) prescribing forms for a certificate of lien and a certificate of discharge;
(q) governing the reports on legal aid services of lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14;
(r) prescribing the manner in which the accounts of lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14 shall be presented and approved for payment;
(r.1) governing the remuneration of lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14 in accordance with an hourly rate based on the number of years the lawyer has been a member of the law society of a common law province or territory of Canada;
(s) authorizing the Executive Director to refuse to pay all or any part of an account presented for payment;
(t) respecting the grounds on which and the circumstances in which the Executive Director may refuse to pay all or any part of an account presented for payment;
(u) governing the repayment of disbursements to lawyers;
(v) governing the provision of legal aid services by lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14;
(w) governing the provision of legal aid services under section 39;
(w.1) authorizing the provision of legal aid services by counsel employed by a lawyer acting for a client and governing the provision of these services;
(x) governing the payment of money into and out of the Legal Aid Fund;
(y) governing the bonding of persons appointed or employed under this Act;
(y.1) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations or both;
(z) respecting any other matter that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent of this Act.
2016, c.42, s.11
Regulations
48The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) designating regions of the Province as areas for purposes of this Act;
(b) prescribing oaths of office and secrecy as conditions of appointment, employment or entering into a contract under this Act;
(c) for the purposes of section 10, governing the remuneration and reimbursement of expenses for members of the Board, including providing for limits on remuneration and reimbursement of expenses;
(d) governing the functions of the Executive Director, duty counsel and other persons appointed, employed or contracted with for purposes of this Act;
(e) governing the constitution, functions and procedures of area committees and the Legal Aid Committee;
(f) governing panels referred to in section 33, including the removal of lawyers from panels;
(g) governing the establishment of student legal aid societies and the functions of students participating in the plan;
(g.1) governing the establishment and functions of legal aid clinics;
(h) Repealed: 2016, c.42, s.11
(i) Repealed: 2016, c.42, s.11
(j) governing the non-disclosure of information provided by or about an applicant for legal aid services or a holder of a legal aid certificate;
(k) prescribing rules for determining financial eligibility and the grounds on which applicants may be determined to be ineligible for legal aid services;
(l) prescribing the content of legal aid certificates;
(m) governing procedures for issuing, amending and cancelling legal aid certificates;
(n) governing the issuing of legal aid certificates retroactively;
(n.1) governing appeals referred to in paragraph 6(1)(b.1), including the form, manner and procedures with respect to an appeal;
(o) governing appeals referred to in section 32;
(p) governing memorials of debt, liens and other forms of security that may be required to secure obligations arising under this Act, including the creation, registration, amount, operation, effect and discharge of them;
(p.1) prescribing forms for a certificate of lien and a certificate of discharge;
(q) governing the reports on legal aid services of lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14;
(r) prescribing the manner in which the accounts of lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14 shall be presented and approved for payment;
(r.1) governing the remuneration of lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14 in accordance with an hourly rate based on the number of years the lawyer has been a member of the law society of a common law province or territory of Canada;
(s) authorizing the Executive Director to refuse to pay all or any part of an account presented for payment;
(t) respecting the grounds on which and the circumstances in which the Executive Director may refuse to pay all or any part of an account presented for payment;
(u) governing the repayment of disbursements to lawyers;
(v) governing the provision of legal aid services by lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14;
(w) governing the provision of legal aid services under section 39;
(w.1) authorizing the provision of legal aid services by counsel employed by a lawyer acting for a client and governing the provision of these services;
(x) governing the payment of money into and out of the Legal Aid Fund;
(y) governing the bonding of persons appointed or employed under this Act;
(y.1) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations or both;
(z) respecting any other matter that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent of this Act.
2016, c.42, s.11
Regulations
48The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) designating regions of the Province as areas for purposes of this Act;
(b) prescribing oaths of office and secrecy as conditions of appointment, employment or entering into a contract under this Act;
(c) for the purposes of section 10, governing the remuneration and reimbursement of expenses for members of the Board, including providing for limits on remuneration and reimbursement of expenses;
(d) governing the functions of the Executive Director, duty counsel and other persons appointed, employed or contracted with for purposes of this Act;
(e) governing the constitution, functions and procedures of area committees and the Legal Aid Committee;
(f) governing panels referred to in section 33, including the removal of lawyers from panels;
(g) governing the establishment of student legal aid societies and the functions of students participating in the plan;
(h) prescribing procedures for applying for legal aid services;
(i) prescribing information to be provided by applicants for legal aid services;
(j) governing the non-disclosure of information provided by or about an applicant for legal aid services;
(k) prescribing rules for determining financial eligibility and the grounds on which applicants may be determined to be ineligible for legal aid services;
(l) prescribing the content of legal aid certificates;
(m) governing procedures for issuing, amending and cancelling legal aid certificates;
(n) governing the issuing of legal aid certificates retroactively;
(o) governing appeals referred to in section 32;
(p) governing memorials of debt, liens and other forms of security that may be required to secure obligations arising under this Act, including the creation, registration, amount, operation, effect and discharge of them;
(q) governing lawyers’ reports on legal aid services;
(r) prescribing the manner in which lawyers’ accounts and duty counsel accounts shall be presented and approved for payment;
(s) authorizing the Executive Director to refuse to pay all or any part of an account presented for payment;
(t) respecting the grounds on which and the circumstances in which the Executive Director may refuse to pay all or any part of an account presented for payment;
(u) governing the repayment of disbursements to lawyers;
(v) governing the provision of legal aid services by lawyers appointed or contracted with under section 14;
(w) governing the provision of legal aid services under section 39;
(x) governing the payment of money into and out of the Legal Aid Fund;
(y) governing the bonding of persons appointed or employed under this Act;
(z) respecting any other matter that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent of this Act.