2015
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Policy Bulletin No. 13/15 (Changes to the Civil Law Policy, Working with Children)
2 Dec 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved amendments to the Civil Law Policy concerning proceedings under the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (the WWC Act).
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Policy Bulletin No. 12/15 (Amendment to the Section 33 Payments and Contributions Policy)
23 Nov 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved an amendment to the Contributions Policy and the Section 33 Policy.
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Policy Bulletin No. 11/15 (Changes to the Means Test)
11 Aug 2015
In June 2015 the Legal Aid NSW Board approved changes to some of the variables in the Means Test, to make more appropriate allowance for living expenses, and improve access to justice for people on modest incomes.
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Policy Bulletin No. 10/15 (Amending the Contributions Policy and Means Test)
8 Jul 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved amendments to the new Contributions Policy and Means Test real property policy.
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Policy Bulletin No. 6/15 (Contributions Policy and Guidelines)
1 Jun 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved amendments to the Legal Aid NSW Contributions Policy and Guidelines.
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Policy Bulletin No. 7/15 (Means Test Changes)
1 Jun 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved an amendment to the Means Test. The change requires a legally aided person who owns real property to pay the total costs and expense of providing the legal service. The total costs of providing the legal services will be secured through a charge taken over the legally aided person’s real property.
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Policy Bulletin No. 8/15 (New eligibility test – the Unpaid Contribution Test)
1 Jun 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board approved the introduction of a new eligibility test: the Unpaid Contribution Test.
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Policy Bulletin No. 9/15 (New Section 33 Payment)
1 Jun 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board approved the introduction of a new payment for section 33 authorisations.
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Policy Bulletin No. 4/15 (Civil Law Policy - visa cancellation matters)
13 May 2015
The Legal Aid Board has approved changes to the Civil Law Policy relating to visa cancellation matters.
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Policy Bulletin No. 5/15 (Criminal Law Policy - high risk offenders)
13 May 2015
The Legal Aid Board has approved extending the Criminal Law Policy relating to high risk offenders for a further year.
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Policy Bulletin No. 3/15 (Changes to the Family Law Policy – external care and protection mediation)
12 May 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved amendments to the Family Law Policy relating to external care and protection mediation.
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Policy Bulletin No. 2 / 15 (Commonwealth Costs Savings)
25 Feb 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board approved an amendment to the Commonwealth criminal law policy relating to indictable matters, the Commonwealth civil law policies and the Commonwealth family law policies: See Policy Bulletin for more details.
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Policy Bulletin No. 1 / 15 (Changes to the Civil Law Fee Scale)
13 Jan 2015
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved significant changes to the Civil Law Fee Scale: See Policy Bulletin for further details.