2.5 Indictable matters

Legal aid is available for criminal indictable matters listed for trial or sentence in the Supreme Court or District Court.

Legal aid is available for the following proceedings:

  • bail applications (this does not include Supreme Court Bail applications),
  • mentions and adjournments,
  • sentence matters including breaches of recognisance, Community Correction Order or Conditional Release Order,
  • variations or revocations of a Community Correction Order or Conditional Release Order, and
  • criminal trials.

To be eligible for legal aid the applicant must satisfy:

  • the Means Test, and
  • if the application is for a variation or revocation of a Community Correction Order or Conditional Release Order sought by the offender, the matter is subject to the Merit Test.

Note: the Means Test is not applied to applicants who are children.

See Costs and fees guideline 1 on costs in criminal trials.

When a legal aid applicant has criminal matters involving both Commonwealth and State law, Criminal law guideline 2.2 sets out the procedure for managing the application and administering the grant of legal aid.

Legal aid is available for back-up matters dealt with under Chapter 3 Pt 3, Division 7 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW).

To be eligible for legal aid the applicant must satisfy:

Where an applicant does not have a grant of aid for the substantive criminal proceedings

Legal aid is available for bail applications to the Supreme Court where the applicant does not have a grant of aid for the substantive criminal proceedings

To be eligible for legal aid, the applicant must satisfy:

Where an applicant has a grant of aid for the substantive criminal proceedings

Legal aid is available for bail applications to the Supreme Court where the applicant has a grant of aid for the substantive proceedings.

To be eligible for legal aid the applicant must satisfy:

 

Note: see Childrens criminal law policy 2.1.8 Bail applications in the Supreme Court for Supreme Court bail applications for children and young people.