PART 1 FORMALITIES — Parties to this Agreement This Agreement is between the Commonwealth of Australia (the Commonwealth) and the States and Territories (the States). Term of this Agreement This Agreement will commence as soon as the Commonwealth and one Party sign the Agreement and will expire on 30 June 2020, or on final performance reporting against the performance benchmarks and milestones. This Agreement may be terminated earlier or extended as agreed in writing by the Parties. PART 2 OBJECTIVE, OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS — Objective The objective of this Agreement is a national assistance sector that is integrated, efficient and effective, focused on improving access to justice for disadvantaged people and maximising service delivery within available resources. Outcomes This Agreement will facilitate achievement of the following outcomes: legal assistance services are targeted to priority clients with the greatest legal need; legal assistance service providers collaborate with each other, governments, the private legal profession and other services, to provide joined-up services to address people’s legal and related problems; legal assistance services are appropriate, proportionate and tailored to people’s legal needs and levels of capability; legal assistance services help people to identify their legal problems and facilitate the resolution of those problems in a timely manner before they escalate; and assistance services help empower people to understand and assert their legal rights and responsibilities and to address, or prevent, legal problems. Outputs The objective and outcomes of this Agreement will be achieved through: the delivery of efficient and effective legal assistance services within each State; participation by the States and the legal assistance sector in collaborative service planning, with guidance provided in Schedule A; and provision of Commonwealth SACS supplementation to Eligible Service Providers impacted by the Pay Equity Orders.
PART 1 — FORMALITIES Parties to this Agreement This Agreement is between the Commonwealth of Australia (the Commonwealth) and the States and Territories (the States). Term of this Agreement This Agreement will commence as soon as the Commonwealth and one Party sign the Agreement and will expire on 30 June 2020, or on final performance reporting against the performance benchmarks and milestones. This Agreement may be terminated earlier or extended as agreed in writing by the Parties. PART 2 — OBJECTIVE, OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS Objective The objective of this Agreement is a national assistance sector that is integrated, efficient and effective, focused on improving access to justice for disadvantaged people and maximising service delivery within available resources. Outcomes This Agreement will facilitate achievement of the following outcomes: legal assistance services are targeted to priority clients with the greatest legal need; legal assistance service providers collaborate with each other, governments, the private legal profession and other services, to provide joined-up services to address people’s legal and related problems; legal assistance services are appropriate, proportionate and tailored to people’s legal needs and levels of capability; legal assistance services help people to identify their legal problems and facilitate the resolution of those problems in a timely manner before they escalate; and assistance services help empower people to understand and assert their legal rights and responsibilities and to address, or prevent, legal problems. Outputs The objective and outcomes of this Agreement will be achieved through: the delivery of efficient and effective legal assistance services within each State; participation by the States and the legal assistance sector in collaborative service planning, with guidance provided in Schedule A; and provision of Commonwealth SACS supplementation to Eligible Service Providers impacted by the Pay Equity Orders.