New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 5

5 Definitions

(1) In these Rules--

"Australian law relating to the legal profession" means--

(a) the Uniform Law, these Rules or the Legal Profession Uniform Law Act of a participating jurisdiction, or

(b) a corresponding law of a non-participating jurisdiction, or

(c) a previous corresponding law of any jurisdiction.

"commencement day" for a participating jurisdiction means the day on which the relevant provision or provisions of the Uniform Law come into operation in that jurisdiction.

"corresponding disciplinary body" , in relation to a designated tribunal, has the same meaning as it has in section 461 of the Uniform Law.

"itemised bill" means a bill that specifies in detail how the legal costs are made up in a way so as to allow costs to be assessed.

"lump sum bill" means a bill that describes the legal services to which it relates and specifies the total amount of the legal costs.

"Uniform Law" means the Legal Profession Uniform Law as applied in a participating jurisdiction.

(2) A reference in these Rules to the
"designated local regulatory authority" , when used expressly or impliedly in relation to a provision of the Uniform Law, is a reference to the relevant designated local regulatory authority specified or described under jurisdictional legislation for that provision.

(3) A reference in these Rules to the
"designated tribunal" , when used expressly or impliedly in relation to a provision of the Uniform Law, is a reference to--

(a) the relevant designated tribunal specified or described under jurisdictional legislation for that provision, or

(b) a member or officer so specified or described of such a court or tribunal.