Section 6Part 2 — APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID AND OTHER STAFF; LIST OF LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS, ETC.
Appointment of the Director
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There continues to be established a legal aid office of the Judicial Administration and the Chief Officer, after consultation with the Court Administrator, shall appoint a Director of Legal Aid to manage such office, to administer legal aid services in the Islands and to carry out the functions and duties set out in this Law.
The Director shall be a public officer who is an attorney-at-law of five or more years call to the Bar and shall have such other qualifications as the Chief Officer considers necessary for the performance of the Director's duties under this Law.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment of a person who already holds another public office to be Director where the Chief Officer is of the opinion that that person can properly hold such offices together.
The Chief Officer may appoint one or more deputies to assist the Director, and a deputy so appointed shall —
be a public officer who is an attorney-at-law of three or more years call to the Bar and shall have such other qualifications as the Chief Officer, after consultation with the Court Administrator, considers necessary for the performance of his functions under this Law;
be subject to the control of the Director; and
be competent to discharge any of the duties and exercise any of the powers of the Director, and when discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the same privileges as the Director.
The Director shall also be assisted in the discharge of his duties by such other legal aid counsel and other public officers as the Chief Officer, after consultation with the Court Administrator, may appoint.
The Director shall be supervised in the performance of his duties by the Court Administrator.