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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 146

Further legal aid funding

    (1)     This section applies if, in a financial year, there is any amount standing to the credit of the Distribution Account (including any amount carried over from a previous financial year) after all amounts have been debited to that account for that year under section 138(2)(a) and (b).

    (2)     The Victorian Legal Services Board may pay out of the Public Purpose Fund and into the Legal Aid Fund established under the Legal Aid Act 1978 an amount that—

        (a)     is determined by the Victorian Legal Services Board with the approval of the Attorney-General; and

        (b)     does not exceed the amount standing to the credit of the Distribution Account referred to in subsection (1).

    (3)     Subsection (2) applies despite anything to the contrary in section 143.



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