New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 28

28 Delegation of functions of NSW Commissioner

(1) The NSW Commissioner may delegate any of his or her functions under this Act (other than this power of delegation) or the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) to any member of the staff of the NSW Commissioner or to a person of a class prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The NSW Commissioner may delegate the following functions to the Bar Council or the Law Society Council--

(a) any function of the NSW Commissioner under section 137 or 144 of this Act,

(b) any of the NSW Commissioner's Chapter 5 functions.

Note : Under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ,
"Chapter 5 functions" means--

(a) functions under Chapter 5, or

(b) functions under another provision of that Law relating to Chapter 5, or

(c) functions under the Uniform Rules relating to Chapter 5.

Note : Section 406 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) provides that a local regulatory authority may delegate its functions under that Law to an entity prescribed by jurisdictional legislation. The local regulations may also prescribe delegates or classes of delegates of local regulatory authorities (see section 166).