Commonwealth Legal Aid Amendment Act
1990

No. 43 of 1990

An Act to amend the Commonwealth Legal Aid Act 1977

[Assented to 16 June 1990]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title etc.

1.   (1) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Legal Aid Amendment Act 1990.

(2) In this Act, “Principal Act”, means the Commonwealth Legal Aid Act 1977¹.

Commencement

2.   (1) Sections 1 and 2 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The remaining provisions of this Act are taken to have commenced on 8 May 1990.

Interpretation

3.   Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following definitions:

“ ‘State’ includes the Northern Territory;

‘Territory’ does not include the Northern Territory.”.

Interpretation

4.   Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting “or of the Northern Territory” from paragraph (b) of the definition of “approved legal aid commission”;

(b) by omitting “or the Northern Territory” from paragraph (b) of the definition of “statutory office”;

(c) by omitting “such a Territory” from the definition of “statutory office” and substituting “that Territory”.

Eligible persons and approved persons

5.   Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3).

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NOTE

1.   No. 80, 1977, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 170, 1978; No. 62, 1981; No. 91, 1983; and No. 2, 1988.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 16 May 1990

Senate on 30 May 1990]