s.7Functions of the Director
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Section 7Part 2 — APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID AND OTHER STAFF; LIST OF LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS, ETC.

Functions of the Director

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The Director shall continue to maintain a list of attorneys-at-law who are in active private practice in the Islands, and who have notified the Director that they are able and willing to represent applicants and assisted persons.
The Director may prepare rosters of such attorneys-at-law for the more efficient administration of this Law and such rosters shall also include rosters for attorneys-at-law who are willing to carry out services as duty counsel which services include —
interviewing and advising persons being questioned or detained at police stations or who are charged with criminal offences in the circumstances set out in section 14; and
carrying out other duties as are prescribed.
The Director shall receive and consider every application for legal aid made under section 15 and, subject to the following provisions of this Law and any regulations, shall grant a certificate to an applicant in any proper case, with or without provision for payment of contributions by the applicant.
The Director, deputy director and legal aid counsel shall provide legal representation and give legal advice in such civil matters and in such circumstances as are approved by the Court Administrator, after consultation with the Chief Justice.
Subject to the directions of the Court Administrator, the Director shall be responsible for the day to day administration of this Law.

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