Pursuant to section 84(1)(b) of the Legal Services Act
2000, the Minister of Justice hereby gives notice authorising the Legal Services Agency to employ salaried officers on a permanent basis, but only for the same or related purposes as were trialed in the Public Defence Service pilot currently operating in Auckland and Manukau.
In making this authorisation, the Minister of Justice has received an evaluation of the Public Defence Service pilot from the Legal Services Agency, and is satisfied that the evaluation indicates that the pilot should be extended.
The Minister of Justice has also had regard to the matters set out under section 83 of the Legal Services Act 2000 that the evaluation must address.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of July 2008.
HON ANNETTE KING, Minister of Justice.