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Legal Services Amendment Act 2003 Public Act Date of assent 2003 No 81 21 October 2003 Contents Title Commencement Other situation where legal aid refused or limited: civil matters New section 55A inserted 55A Powers and duties of Convenor of Review Panel on receipt of application for review Delegation by Convenor of Review Panel Review of decision by Review Panel New section 62A inserted 62A New section 116A inserted 116A Legal aid granted under Legal Aid Act 1969 Legal aid granted under former Act New section 117B inserted 117B District Legal Aid Committees The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 (1) Title This Act is the Legal Services Amendment Act 2003.
Page 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 s 2 (2) 2 3 Legal Services Amendment Act 2003 2003 No 81 In this Act, the Legal Services Act 2000 is called “the principal Act”.

Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Other situation where legal aid refused or limited: civil matters Section 10 of the principal Act is amended by repealing sub­ section (2), and substituting the following subsection: “(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of— “(a) proceedings referred to in that subsection for which a person was granted legal aid before 1 October 1999; or “(b) proceedings speciﬁed in section 7(1)(j) to (m).” 4 New section 55A inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 55, the following section: “55A Powers and duties of Convenor of Review Panel on receipt of application for review “(1) On receipt of an application for review, the Convenor of the Review Panel— “(a) may require the Agency or any person to provide any information relating to the decision or the application for review; and “(b) must assign a team of 1, 2, or 3 members of the Panel to review the decision.
“(2) The Convenor must include 1 lawyer in every team assigned to a review.” Review of decision by Review Panel Section 56 of the principal Act is amended by repealing sub­ sections (1) and (2).

Section 56 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “The team” in both places where they appear, and sub­ stituting in each case the words “A team assigned to a review”.
5 (1) (2) 2 2003 No 81 Legal Services Amendment Act 2003 s 7 6 New section 62A inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 62, the following section: “62A Delegation by Convenor of Review Panel “(1) The Convenor of the Review Panel may delegate any of the Convenor’s functions, duties, and powers to a member of the Panel who the Convenor is satisﬁed has the capability, skills, and experience to perform and exercise those functions, duties, or powers.
“(2) A delegation “(a) must be in writing; and “(b) must be to a named person; and “(c) “(d) does not prevent the performance or exercise of a func­ is revocable at any time, in writing; and tion, duty, or power by the Convenor.

“(3) A person to whom any functions, duties, or powers are dele­ gated may perform and exercise them in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred directly by this Act and not by delegation.
“(4) A person who appears to act under a delegation is presumed to be acting in accordance with its terms in the absence of evidence to the contrary.” 7 New section 116A inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 116, the following section: “116A Legal aid granted under Legal Aid Act 1969 “(1) On and after the date on which the Legal Services Amendment Act 2003 comes into force, any application made, or proceed­ ings commenced, under the Legal Aid Act 1969 must, to the extent that the application or proceedings were not dealt with before that date, be continued or completed by the Agency as if the application or proceedings had been made or commenced under this Act.
“(2) To avoid doubt,— “(a) a charge created by the Legal Aid Act 1969 (the charge) must be treated as if it were a charge created by section 32; and 3 s 8 Legal Services Amendment Act 2003 2003 No 81 “(b) the provisions of this Act, so far as they are applic­ able and with any necessary modiﬁcations, apply to the charge and the Agency may, for the purposes of subsec­ tion (1),— “(i) transfer the charge in accordance with section 34; and enforce the charge in accordance with section 35; and “(ii) “(iii) write off the amounts secured by the charge in accordance with section 37; and “(c) the Agency may sign any document, on behalf of the Crown, in order to give effect to subsection (1).” 8 9 Legal aid granted under former Act Section 117 of the principal Act is amended by repealing sub­ section (4).
New section 117B inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 117A, the following section: “117B District Legal Aid Committees “(1) Every District Legal Aid Committee established under the Legal Aid Act 1969 ceases to exist at the close of the day before the date on which the Legal Services Amendment Act 2003 comes into force.

“(2) No member of a District Legal Aid Committee is entitled to compensation as a result of those Committees ceasing to exist.
“(3) All assets and liabilities of a District Legal Aid Committee, and all records of the Committee, vest in the Agency at the close of the day before the date on which the Legal Services Amendment Act 2003 comes into force.” 16 October 2003 Legislative history Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3), third reading 4