Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund: Legal Aid Commission ACT 2025 – 2026

Overview

The objective of the Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund is to provide funding to support Legal Aid Commissions with costs incurred defending clients in: §  serious, high cost, Commonwealth criminal matters (such as drug importation, people smuggling, terrorism, fraud and slavery) §  Commonwealth post-sentence orders (such as control orders, continuing detention orders, and extended supervision orders). To constitute a post-sentence order matter, the matter must relate to a Commonwealth post-sentence order matter. Post-sentence orders include: §  control orders §  continuing detention orders §  extended supervisions orders by the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High-Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2020.