Page 2342 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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(21) Will Legal Aid be offering a website with information for tenants; if so, who will develop this content.
(22) Will Legal Aid avoid duplication by advising clients to use the fact sheets on the Tenants’ Union’s website.
(23) Did a Commissioner step down from the Board of Legal Aid in the lead up to and during the tender process for the TAS service due to a (perceived) conflict of interest; if not, how specifically was that (perceived) conflict of interest managed.
(24) How will tenants be advised that the new service exists.
Mr Ramsay: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) A funding contract between the Justice and Community Safety Directorate and Legal Aid ACT to deliver the Tenants Advice Service was executed on 28 February 2020. This contract runs from the date of its execution until 30 June 2023. The term of the contract is 3 years and 4 months.
(2) The overall contract price is $1,621,995 (GST exclusive) for the term of the contract. The annual funding allocation has been set out below:
|
Financial Year |
Funding allocation (GST exclusive) |
|
2019-20 |
$156,057 |
|
2020-21 |
$475,370 |
|
2021-22 |
$488,205 |
|
2022-23 |
$502,363 |
The contract price is a continuation of the 2019-20 funding allocation which has been indexed. It includes a further payment of $40,000 (GST exclusive) to support Legal Aid to commence delivering the Tenants Advice Service in March 2020.
(3) The annual funding allocation has been indexed at the Community Sector Rate.
(4) The contract does not specify additional payments during the term of the contract.
(5) Legal Aid ACT has advised they expect the funding will support 4 FTE.
(6) Legal Aid ACT has high expertise in tenancy law and has been working in this area for many years.
(7) The contract requires the provider of the Tenants Advice Service to deliver community legal education and law and policy reform activities. Funding for International Tenants Day’ activities is not managed by the Justice and Community Safety Directorate.
(8) The contract requires the provider of the Tenants Advice Service to deliver a minimum of 12 community legal education sessions per annum and to undertake law and policy reform activities.
(9) No.
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