New Zealand Legislation: Acts

86 Agency's role in setting up community law centres

• (1) In performing its function under section 92(b), the Agency may investigate the need for community law centres to service particular communities and, if it considers that a particular law centre is needed, may assist in setting it up.

  (2) When investigating the need for a community law centre to serve a particular community, the Agency may do anything it considers necessary, including—

  • (a) assessing the extent to which the community is unable to access legal services because it has insufficient means to pay for them:

  • (b) providing advice on, and, if the Agency considers it appropriate, financial support for, setting up a pilot centre to operate for a specified period:

  • (c) assessing any pilot centre.

  (3) The kind of assistance that the Agency may provide in assisting to set up a community law centre includes—

  • (a) giving advice on the most appropriate way in which the services of the community law centre can be provided to a particular community; and

  • (b) making grants of money to help with establishment costs.

  Compare: 1991 No 71 ss 95(1)(d), 154