12. Terminating Legal Aid
12.11 After legal aid is terminated- notification requirements
12.11 After legal aid is terminated- notification requirements
Once legal aid is terminated, the determining officer must:
- advise the client in writing within fourteen (14) days of the date of termination, and
- document the reasons for terminating legal aid, and
- inform the client of his or her right to appeal against the decision to the Legal Aid Review Committee, and
- notify each lawyer acting for each party to any civil or family proceedings to which that person is a party or, where no lawyer acts on behalf of a party, to the party within thirty-five (35) days of the date of termination.