Legal advice and duty lawyer services
30 Legal advice and duty lawyer services
Legal assistance provided under this Act, being legal assistance consisting of—
legal advice, other than legal advice mentioned in section 25 (5); or
the provision of duty lawyer services;
shall, subject to subsection (2), be provided without charge.
In special circumstances determined by the commission, legal assistance to which subsection (1) applies may be provided subject to a condition that the person to whom the legal assistance is to be provided pays to the commission a fixed charge determined by the commission.
In special circumstances determined by the commission, legal assistance mentioned in subsection (1) shall not be provided to a person.
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