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WQ.161/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY SENATOR S.W. PALLETT
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 12th APRIL 2021 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 19th APRIL 2021
Question
Will the Chief Minister set out a timetable for the implementation of a legal aid scheme under the Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019, including a definitive date for the lodging of an Appointed Day Act that will bring the 2019 Law into effect?
Answer
It is my intention that a legal aid scheme made under the Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019 will be implemented in time for it to be operational from 1 January 2022.
I am in receipt of a proposed scheme as developed by the shadow Legal Aid Guidelines Advisory Committee and am currently undertaking some informal consultations with key stakeholders. In addition, I have requested certain information as to the financial implications of the proposed scheme. I expect to receive feedback and this requested information in due course and subject to the outcome of the information requested, I expect to be able to lodge the Appointed Day Act by the end of May/early June.
This will allow a consultation period over the summer months, with a proposed scheme laid before the States by the end of October.