Committee for Employment & Social Security - P.2023/27
The States are asked to decide:
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled "The Guernsey Legal Aid Service - Appointment of the Legal Aid Commissioner", dated 6th April 2023, they are of the opinion:
1. To appoint Advocate Lisa Claire Evans as the Legal Aid Commissioner, with effect from 1st June 2023, pursuant to section 16(1) of the Legal Aid (Guernsey and Alderney) (Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 2018 ("the Ordinance"),
2. To note that the Committee for Employment & Social Security has agreed with Advocate Evans that she will hold office for a period of five years, with effect from that date, pursuant to section 17(1) of the Ordinance,
3. To agree that the Ordinance be amended to enable the Committee for Employment & Social Security to appoint one or more Deputy Legal Aid Commissioners to carry out the functions of the Commissioner when the Commissioner is not available or is unable to act for any other reason, and
4. To direct the preparation of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the above decisions.
The above Propositions have been submitted to His Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications in accordance with Rule 4(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees.