Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01016 · Session 2

scrap Criminal Legal Aid and to create a Public Defenders Office responsible for undertaking the role of defending those accused of criminal offences who cannot pay for their own defence, and that the Public Defenders Office should be phased in over

Lodged Submitted 2 Nov 2006 Justice
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What it asks

scrap Criminal Legal Aid and to create a Public Defenders Office responsible for undertaking the role of defending those accused of criminal offences who cannot pay for their own defence, and that the Public Defenders Office should be phased in over a period of four years to allow law firms and practitioners to adjust to the new service.

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