Publications

The Legal Aid Schemes and Services Approval 2021 commenced on 15 March 2021. It allows people who receive legal assistance from the organisations listed within it to be exempt from court fees (e.g. document filing or service provision fees).

We are seeking stakeholder submissions on possible changes to the bankruptcy system to inform the government’s ongoing response to address the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19).

This discussion paper provides an explanation of the key changes in the Bankruptcy Regulations 2021, and seeks stakeholder views on the new regulations.

The Exposure Draft of the Bankruptcy Regulations 2021 is an updated version of the Bankruptcy Regulations 1996, with minor and technical amendments.

A statement of the Attorney-General’s Department’s legal services expenditure for the 2019–20 financial year.

The Australian Government is providing additional funding for the legal assistance sector to help address the impact of COVID-19.

The Australian Government is providing additional funding for the legal assistance sector to assist with bushfire response and recovery.

This addendum modifies the operation of the Guidelines with regard to applications for legal financial assistance associated with the inquiries of the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (the National Commissioner).

This form is to be completed by applicants seeking assistance for legal and related expenses from the Commonwealth under statutory schemes and certain non-statutory schemes administered by the Attorney-General’s Department.

Data is collected in accordance with the manual across the legal assistance sector. In consultation with state and territory governments and the legal assistance sector, we have started revising the National Legal Assistance Data Standards Manual to align with the NLAP data requirements.

In support of its role in monitoring compliance with the Legal Services Directions 2017, OLSC publishes statistical information about non-compliance. This document includes compliance statistics for the 2018-19 financial year.

We are seeking views of industry experts on the provisions in the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 regarding financial property and intermediated securities.

The Guide to Managing Sunsetting of Legislative Instruments provides a detailed overview of the sunsetting regime as well as templates to apply for thematic review and exemptions.

This template is for legal services providers (LSPs) to upload their Value Add Services Reports to the online Portal.

After each financial year, the accountable authority of a non-corporate Commonwealth entity or former FMA agency must provide a certificate setting out the extent to which they believe the entity has complied with the Legal Services Directions 2017.

Legal services providers (LSPs) should use this template to upload the Pro Bono Work Report to the online portal.

This guide assists legal services providers (LSPs) on the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel to complete and upload the Pro Bono Work and Value Add Services Reports to the online Portal.

Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel guide to assist Legal Services Providers (LSPs) complete quarterly expenditure reporting under the Head Agreement.

This template assists Legal Services Providers (LSPs) complete quarterly expenditure reporting under the Head Agreement.

The National Strategic Framework for Legal Assistance provides the policy framework for all government legal assistance funding. This includes an overarching objective and aspirational principles to guide legal assistance policy development, service delivery and sector planning.