(2) The Attorney-General delegates powers and authorises persons to exercise powers, as appropriate, in relation to grants to officers in the Attorney-General’s Department. (3) Applicants are required to submit detailed information to enable the Department to deal with the application. Applicants have responsibilities under these guidelines and under a grant offer. (4) Decisions to make grants are made with regard to: (a) the scope of the schemes covered by these guidelines (see section 1.5); and (b) the purpose of the scheme (see section 5.4); and (c) the special considerations (that is, considerations peculiar to the scheme to a decision maker must have regard) (see Division 2 of Part 5); and (d) whether it is reasonable in all the circumstances to make the grant (see Division 3 of Part 5); and (e) the funds available for all grants under the legal financial assistance appropriation in the relevant financial year. (5) An applicant who gets a grant is called a grant recipient. Grant recipients have continuing responsibilities throughout the grant period. Parties to grant agreements have responsibilities too. (6) If a grant recipient gets a grant for financial assistance, and a legal practitioner represents the grant recipient, the legal practitioner will generally invoice the Department directly for work that the legal practitioner does. (7) In most other cases, grant recipients will generally pay for disbursements and seek reimbursement from the Department during the grant period (or shortly after it ends). 2.1 Definitions In these guidelines: agency has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999. applicant means an entity that applies for a grant under section 4.2 or on whose behalf an application under that section is made. Attorney-General means the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth. Australian legal action means: (a) Australian legal proceedings; or
(2) The Attorney-General delegates powers and authorises persons to exercise powers, as appropriate, in relation to grants to officers in the Attorney-General’s Department. (3) Applicants are required to submit detailed information to enable the Department to deal with the application. Applicants have responsibilities under these guidelines and under a grant offer. (4) Decisions to make grants are made with regard to: (a) the scope of the schemes covered by these guidelines (see section 1.5); and (b) the purpose of the scheme (see section 5.4); and (c) the special considerations (that is, considerations peculiar to the scheme to a decision maker must have regard) (see Division 2 of Part 5); and (d) whether it is reasonable in all the circumstances to make the grant (see Division 3 of Part 5); and (e) the funds available for all grants under the legal financial assistance appropriation in the relevant financial year. (5) An applicant who gets a grant is called a grant recipient. Grant recipients have continuing responsibilities throughout the grant period. Parties to grant agreements have responsibilities too. (6) If a grant recipient gets a grant for financial assistance, and a legal practitioner represents the grant recipient, the legal practitioner will generally invoice the Department directly for work that the legal practitioner does. (7) In most other cases, grant recipients will generally pay for disbursements and seek reimbursement from the Department during the grant period (or shortly after it ends). 2.1 Definitions In these guidelines: agency has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999. applicant means an entity that applies for a grant under section 4.2 or on whose behalf an application under that section is made. Attorney-General means the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth. Australian legal action means: (a) Australian legal proceedings; or
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