New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 94

94 Register of safe custody documents

(1) A law practice must maintain a register of safe custody documents.

(2) The register of safe custody documents must, in respect of each will, deed, document or other valuable property for which the law practice receives instructions to hold the item in safe custody, record the following--

(a) the full name and address of the person who gave the instructions,

(b) a short description of the item,

(c) the date of receipt of the item by the law practice,

(d) the identifier of the safe custody packet, in which the item is held by the law practice.

(3) Subrules (1) and (2) do not apply to a barrister except to the extent the barrister holds items in safe custody in the course of the work of a barrister.