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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 136

Disqualified persons

    (1)     An incorporated legal practice is guilty of an offence if a disqualified person:

        (a)     is an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice (whether or not the person provides legal services) or is an officer or employee of a related body corporate; or

        (b)     is a partner of the incorporated legal practice in a business that includes the provision of legal services; or

        (c)     shares the receipts, revenue or other income arising from the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice; or

        (d)     is engaged or paid in connection with the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice.

Maximum penalty:     500 penalty units.

    (2)     The failure of a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice to ensure the practice complies with subsection (1) is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.



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