(1) Subject to subsection (2) and the regulations, Parts 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 and Chapters 5, 6 and 9 (the applied provisions ) apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to a complying community legal centre as if:
(a) a reference in the applied provisions to a law practice were a reference to a complying community legal centre; and
(b) the supervising legal practitioner of the centre were the principal of the practice.
(2) In addition, a complying community legal centre must not operate a trust account under Part 3.1 unless the centre's supervising legal practitioner is a signatory to the account.
(3) For subsection (1), the following provisions also apply in relation to the application of the applied provisions:
(a) definitions necessary to give effect to the applied provisions;
(b) regulations made for the applied provisions.