Common use of Preliminary Clause in Contracts

Preliminary. In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears: Agreement means this document including all schedules, annexures and attachments; Application for legal aid means an application to Legal Aid NSW for funding for the provision of legal services to the applicant in proceedings of a kind described in Schedule 1, and legal aid and grant of legal aid have corresponding meanings; Assignment means the allocation by Legal Aid NSW of duty work or a matter to a Lawyer, and assigned and assign have corresponding meanings; Duty work means participation in a duty lawyer service in proceedings of a kind described in Schedule 1; Grants Online means the Legal Aid NSW web–based system for lodging and tracking legal aid applications, extensions, and invoices; Legal services means services provided in the capacity of a solicitor or barrister; Matter means a case matter for which Legal Aid NSW has made a grant of legal aid to a legally assisted person in proceedings of a kind described in Schedule 1; Legally assisted person means a person to whom legal aid is provided; Practice Standards means the professional practice standards applicable to the provision of legal services to legally assisted persons by the Lawyer under this Agreement, as determined by Legal Aid NSW from time to time after consultation with the Law Society of NSW and the NSW Bar Association; The Act means the Legal Aid Commission Act 1979 (NSW);