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6 法律援助的政策及策略 Legal Aid Policy Strategy 法律援助輔助計劃的檢討 Review of Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme 法律援助的目標是確保所有具合理 The purpose of legal aid is to ensure that no one with 理據提出訴訟或抗辯的人士，不會 reasonable grounds for pursuing or defending a legal 因缺乏經濟能力而無法尋求公義。 action is denied access to justice because of a lack of 任何人士如欲獲得法援，必須通過 means. To qualify for legal aid, a person is required to 《法律援助條例》規定的經濟審查 satisfy the means and merits tests as provided by the 及案情審查。近年，普通法律援助 Legal Aid Ordinance. In recent years, the financial eligibility 計劃（「普通計劃」）及法律援助 limits (FELs) of the Ordinary Legal Aid Scheme (OLAS) 輔助計劃（「輔助計劃」）的財務 and the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme (SLAS) have 資格限額已大幅提升，其援助範圍 increased substantially, and the scope of OLAS and SLAS 亦有所擴大。行政當局現正不斷吸 has also been expanded. Whilst the Administration is still 收新增援助訴訟類別的經驗，並已 gaining experience on the newly added proceedings, the 邀請本局就「輔助計劃」的援助範 Council was invited to conduct a further review on the 圍作進一步檢討及提出新一輪的建 scope of SLAS with a view to presenting a new round of 議。為此，本局成立了一個工作小 recommendations to the Administration. Towards this 組以跟進是次檢討。 end, the Council has formed a working group to follow up on the review. 工作小組分別於2014年3月18日、 2014年5月26日及2014年6月27日 The working group met on a total of 3 occasions i.e. 開會討論，其後透過電郵交流關於 18 March 2014, 26 May 2014 and 27 June 2014,