These notes on the guidelines provide assistance in interpreting and applying guidelines in the VLA Handbook for lawyers and in using the simplified grants process.
Simplified grants process – notes on VLA guidelines
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This document provides guidance on:
- summary crime
- indictable crime
- proceedings under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008
- documentary proof of income and assets
- disbursements, and
- the simplified grants process.
Other key information:
Simplified grants process: notes on guidelines for VOCAT matters
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- Notes on the Commonwealth family law and child support guidelines
- Notes on the guidelines – child protection guidelines
The notes on the guidelines should be read in conjunction with the guidelines in the VLA Handbook for lawyers. Practitioners must make recommendations that are consistent with these notes.
See also: Section 29A panel practitioner manual.
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