New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 116

116 Status of community legal services

(1) The status of a community legal service as a body established on a not-for-profit basis is not affected by any profit made by it so long as the income cannot or will not be distributed to any member or employee of the body otherwise than by way of reasonable remuneration under a contract of service or for services.

(2) A community legal service may, subject to Part 4.3, recover legal costs incurred by it in respect of legal services that it provides.

Note: Legal practice at a community legal service is required to be covered by professional indemnity insurance, including legal services provided by a member or employee of the service or a volunteer at the service.