Pursuant to section 68(2)(b) of the Legal Services Act 2011, the Secretary for Justice gives notice that the Police Detention Legal Assistance ("PDLA") scheme, established under section 158C of the Legal Services Act 1991 and continued under section 49 of the Legal Services Act 2000, shall continue as a Police Detention Legal Assistance Service from 1 July 2011, the commencement date of the Legal Services Act 2011.
The Police Detention Legal Assistance Service is a "specified legal service" as that expression is defined in section 4 of the Legal Services Act 2011, and to which subpart 2 of Part 3 of that Act applies.
The PDLA Service provides legal advice, or legal assistance, or both, to any person:
(a) who has been detained by Police; and
(b) who wishes to consult or instruct a lawyer about
any matter relating to the person’s questioning or detention.
Information on the operation of the PDLA Service will be available on the Ministry of Justice website
www.justice.govt.nz
from 1 July 2011.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of June 2011.
ANDREW BRIDGMAN, Acting Secretary for Justice.