Expansion of legal aid to include representation for treatment orders

20/09/2007

The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved the expansion of the state civil law policies to include legal aid for representation before the Mental Health Review Tribunal for continued treatment orders and community treatment orders under the Mental Health Act 1990. For more information about the policy see Policy Online at 6.15.�

The board has also resolved to make legal aid available for representation in relation to the review and extension of treatment orders under the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007 pilot which commenced from 1 September 2007 for a period of 12 months. For full details of the policy please refer to paragraph 6.17 of Policy Online.

20 September 2007