Legal financial assistance may be available to an entity for their reasonable legal representation and disbursement costs in the following situations:
- they are called, or granted leave to appear, as a witness at a public or private hearing of the Royal Commission
- being requested to attend a private session of the Royal Commission (if the Royal Commission authorises legal representation to be present)
- they are requested to attend or are attending an interview of the Royal Commission
- they are requested to provide a written statement that will be used as evidence of the Royal Commission
- they are required to comply with a notice to produce issued by the Royal Commission.
If your organisation has been called by the Royal Commission, the organisation will be assessed to determine whether it can meet the cost of its legal representation without incurring serious financial difficulty.
If you have been called in your personal capacity, you will be exempt from an assessment of financial circumstances.