New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 11

11 Designation of local authorities and tribunals

(1) A person or body specified in Column 2 of Table 1 is the designated local regulatory authority for the purposes of a provision of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) specified in Column 1 of that Table opposite that person or body.

Note : See section 6 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) for the definition of
"designated local regulatory authority" .

Table 1 Designated local regulatory authorities

Column 1	Column 2
Provision of Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)	Designated local regulatory authority
Chapter 2, section 14	Bar Council Law Society Council
Chapter 2, Part 2.2 (except section 23)	NSW Admission Board
Chapter 2, section 23	Bar Council Law Society Council
Chapter 3 (except sections 49, 50, 119, 120 and 121 and Part 3.4)	Appropriate Council
Chapter 3, section 49	Law Society Council
Chapter 3, section 50	Bar Council
Chapter 3, Part 3.4	Bar Council Law Society Council
Chapter 3, sections 119 and 120 (1)	Bar Council Law Society Council
Chapter 3, section 120(4)	NSW Commissioner Bar Council Law Society Council
Chapter 3, section 121 (except in the case of a person convicted of a serious offence)	Appropriate Council
Chapter 3, section 121 (in the case of a person convicted of a serious offence)	NCAT
Chapter 4 (except sections 174, 178, 194, 197, 202, 205, 215, 256, 257 and 258)	Law Society Council
Chapter 4, sections 174, 178, 194, 197, 202 and 205	NSW Commissioner
Chapter 4, section 215	Appropriate Council
Chapter 4, sections 256 and 257	NSW Commissioner Appropriate Council
Chapter 4, section 258	Appropriate Council
Chapter 5	NSW Commissioner Note : Section 405(2) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) contemplates that the local regulatory authority (the NSW Commissioner) may delegate Chapter 5 functions to a professional association (the Bar Association or Law Society). See also sections 29(c) and 31(1)(c) of this Act.
Chapter 6	Appropriate Council
Chapter 7 (except to the extent that it applies to complaint investigations)	NSW Commissioner Appropriate Council
Chapter 7 to the extent that it applies to complaint investigations	NSW Commissioner Note : These functions of the NSW Commissioner under Chapter 7 are "Chapter 5 functions" and therefore may be exercised by the Bar Association or Law Society by delegation. See the note in relation to Chapter 5 above.
Chapter 9, section 421(2)(f)	NSW Admission Board
Chapter 9, section 436(1)	NSW Admission Board (in relation to admissions) NSW Commissioner (in relation to Chapter 5 functions) Appropriate Council
Chapter 9, section 436(2)	NSW Admission Board
Chapter 9, sections 437, 446, 447, 448, 449 and 453	NSW Admission Board NSW Commissioner Bar Council Law Society Council
Chapter 9, section 466(7)	Appropriate Council
Schedule 3 (except clause 14)	Appropriate Council
Schedule 3, clause 14	NSW Commissioner

(2) The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court is the designated local roll authority for the purposes of sections 23, 24 and 462 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) .

Note : See section 6 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) for the definition of
"designated local roll authority" .

(3) A body specified in Column 2 of Table 2 is the designated tribunal for the purposes of a provision of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) specified in Column 1 of that Table opposite that body.

Note : See section 6 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) for the definition of
"designated tribunal" .

Table 2 Designated tribunals

Column 1	Column 2
Provision of Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)	Designated tribunal
Chapter 2, section 23	NCAT
Chapter 3, sections 100 and 101 (except in relation to decisions under section 89 or 92)	Supreme Court
Chapter 3, sections 100 and 101 (in relation to decisions under section 89 or 92)	NCAT
Chapter 3, section 119	NCAT
Chapter 3, section 120	Supreme Court
Chapter 4, section 198(4)	Manager, Costs Assessment
Chapter 4, sections 247 and 248	Supreme Court
Chapter 5, Part 5.4, Division 3	NCAT
Chapter 5, Part 5.5	NCAT
Chapter 5, section 314	NCAT
Chapter 6, Parts 6.5 and 6.6	Supreme Court
Chapter 9, sections 453, 456 and 457	A court that would have jurisdiction to order payment of the pecuniary penalty if it were a debt
Chapter 9, section 474(2)	Any designated tribunal referred to in this table