PART 1LEGAL AID
The Director of Legal Aid Casework
2Designation of Director of Legal Aid Casework
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The Department must designate a civil servant in the Department as the Director of Legal Aid Casework (“the Director”).
2
The selection of the person to be so designated must be on the basis of merit through fair and open public competition.
3
The Director is to carry out the functions of the office on behalf of the Crown.
4
Service as the Director is service in the Northern Ireland civil service.
5
The Department must make arrangements for the provision to the Director by civil servants or other persons (or both) of such assistance as the Department considers appropriate.