Section 12Part 2 — APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID AND OTHER STAFF; LIST OF LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS, ETC.
Listed attorney-at-law may decline to provide services
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A listed attorney-at-law may decline a request by the Director to provide his services in respect of an assisted person on any of the following grounds —
the matter falls outside of his area of competence;
there is a conflict of interest;
impropriety; or
impossibility.
A listed attorney-at-law who declines pursuant to subsection (1) shall give his reasons in writing for so doing to the Director.