Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 208

    (1)     For this Act, an entity is a complying community legal centre if—

        (a)     it is held out, or holds itself out, as being a community legal centre (however described); and

        (b)     it provides legal services—

              (i)     that are directed generally to people or entities that lack the financial means to obtain privately funded legal services or whose cases are expected to raise issues of public interest or are of general concern to disadvantaged groups in the community; and

              (ii)     that are made available to people or entities that have a special need arising from their location or the nature of the legal matter to be addressed or have a significant physical or social disability; and

              (iii)     that are not intended, or likely, to be provided at a profit to the entity and the income (if any) from which cannot or will not be distributed to any member or employee of the entity otherwise than by way of reasonable remuneration under a contract of service or for services; and

              (iv)     that are funded or expected to be funded to a significant level by donations or by grants from government, charitable entities or other entities; and

        (c)     at least 1 of the people employed or otherwise used by the entity and who is generally responsible for provision of the legal services by the entity is an Australian legal practitioner who—

              (i)     holds an unrestricted practising certificate; or

              (ii)     is authorised by the law society council for this section.