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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1990

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AS IN THE PAST YEAR, THE GRADINGS ON WATER QUALITY OF BATHING BEACHES WILL BE ANNOUNCED EVERY FORTNIGHT STARTING FROM APRIL.

HOWEVER, GRADINGS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED CAFETERIA AND ROCKY BAY BEACHES BECAUSE THESE BEACHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DECLARED UNSUITABLE FOR SWIMMING.

FOR

CASTLE

PEAK,

OLD

IT

MR HOLMES ADDED THAT BEACH-GOERS SHOULD NOTE THAT SOME TIME BEFORE THE NOTICE BOARDS AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S WHICH DISPLAY THE MOST RECENT GRADINGS RELEASED BY THE EPD ALTERED TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW DESCRIPTIONS.

WILL BE BEACHES CAN BE

AT PRESENT, THE FORTNIGHTLY GRADINGS ARE DISPLAYED AT REGIONAL COUNCIL'S BATHING BEACHES ONLY AND NOT AT URBAN COUNCIL'S BEACHES.

IMPROVEMENTS TO LEGAL AID ANNOUNCED

TO A PACKAGE OF IMPROVEMENTS

THE PRESENT LEGAL AID POLICY WHICH INCLUDES A FAIRER SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT AND SUBSTANTIAL

ELIGIBILITY LIMITS WAS OF APPLICANTS' RAISING

APPROVED BY

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

THE

AID

AND

ANNOUNCING DETAILS TODAY (THURSDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1, A PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY FOR LEGAL COMBINED DISPOSABLE INCOME WOULD BE ASSESSED BY LOOKING AT HIS CAPITAL (KNOWN AS "FINANCIAL CAPACITY"}.

VI AT PRESENT THE LEGAL AID APPLICANT'S INCOME AND CAPITAL SEPARATELY WHEN APPLYING A TO ASSESS ELIGIBILITY FOR LEGAL AID.

DEPARTMENT

то HAS

AN ASSESS MEANS TEST

SHE WILL NOT GET TO THE THE NEW SYSTEM

"IF THE APPLICANT FAILS EITHER TEST, HE OR LEGAL AID. THIS SYSTEM OF SEPARATE ASSESSMENT THEREFORE WORKS DISADVANTAGE OF THOSE HAVING ONLY INCOME OR CAPITAL. WILL REMOVE SUCH INEQUITIES, HE SAID.

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INCOME

LESS

ALLOWANCES)

ON THE RAISING OF ELIGIBILITY LIMITS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE

INCOME (ACTUAL EXISTING DISPOSABLE

AND CAPITAL LIMITS WERE $2,200 PER MONTH AND $15,000 RESPECTIVELY.

$46,000 OR ONE WHICH

"THE MAXIMUM FINANCIAL LIMIT OF THE IMPROVED COMBINED SYSTEM

FINANCIAL CAPACITY OF IS $120,000. AN APPLICANT WITH A

IS HIS CASE BELOW WILL HAVE LEGAL AID PROVIDED FREE, IF QUALIFIES FOR LEGAL AID AND HE HAS A REASONABLE CASE.

/"AN APPLICANT