To amend the Legal Aid Act, 1969, so as to amplify the objects and powers of the Legal Aid Board; to make provision for a Legal Aid Guide; to determine guidelines for granting legal aid; and to provide for the appointment of additional members to the Legal Aid Board; to provide that the Legal Aid Act, 1969, shall apply throughout the Republic; to repeal corresponding laws in the former independent states; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
1 Amends section 3 of the Legal Aid Act 22 of 1969 , as follows: paragraph (a) substitutes the words preceding paragraph (a) (date of commencement: 17 October 1997); and paragraph (b) inserts paragraph (d A) (date of commencement: 1 May 2002).
2 Inserts sections 3A and 3B in the Legal Aid Act 22 of 1969 . [Date of commencement of s. 2: 1 May 2002.
3 Amends section 4 (1) of the Legal Aid Act 22 of 1969 by adding paragraph (g).
4 Amends section 5 of the Legal Aid Act 22 of 1969 by substituting subsection (2).
5 Amends section 6 of the Legal Aid Act 22 of 1969 by substituting subsection (1).
The Legal Aid Act, 1969, shall apply throughout the Republic.
[Date of commencement of s. 6: 1 April 1998.
The laws referred to in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent indicated in the third column thereof.
Any person on the fixed establishment of a Legal Aid Board established in terms of a law repealed by subsection (1) shall, without interruption of service, on the date of commencement of this Act, and subject to the conditions of employment and remuneration approved by the Minister of Justice in terms of section 8 of the principal Act, become an employee of the Legal Aid Board established by section 2 of the principal Act: Provided that the Board may recommend to the Minister concerned that a person retain in full or in part a particular term or condition of employment that is more favourable than any term or condition of employment determined in terms of section 8, if there are special circumstances which justify such retention: Provided further that any such retention of a more favourable term or condition of employment shall not continue for more than 12 months after the date of such recommendation.
LEGAL AID AMENDMENT ACT 20 OF 1996 Page 2 of 2 it shall be determined by the Minister of Justice.
All assets, including funds and administrative records, rights, duties and liabilities which immediately prior to the commencement of this Act vested in a Legal Aid Board established in terms of a law repealed by subsection (1) shall, on the date of commencement of this Act, devolve upon the Legal Aid Board established by section 2 of the principal Act.
[Date of commencement of s. 7: 1 April 1998.
This Act shall be called the Legal Aid Amendment Act, 1996, and shall come into operation on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.