Legal Aid Act 1977

The function of a review committee is to review decisions referred to the committee under section 36 (5).

In reviewing a decision of a kind specified in section 36 (1) (b) to (g), or a decision of 1 of those kinds as varied under section 36 (4), a review committee shall have regard to the amount of the funds available to the commission for the provision of legal assistance, the nature and extent of the legal assistance that has been provided from those funds and the nature and extent of the legal assistance that the commission is likely to be requested to provide in the future.