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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 42

Costs relating to applications and referrals

    (1)     The Supreme Court may order the costs of counsel appointed to assist in an application for admission to the legal profession under this Act or a reference under section 32, as certified by the Solicitor for the Northern Territory, to be paid out of the Fidelity Fund.

    (2)     In addition, the Court may order the costs of the Law Society, as certified by the Solicitor for the Northern Territory, to be paid out of the Fidelity Fund:

        (a)     for an appeal by it under Division 5; or

        (b)     if it is heard on an application for admission to the legal profession under this Act or a reference under section 32.

    (3)     However, the Court must not make an order under subsection (2) if it is satisfied the Society has acted unreasonably in relation to the appeal, application or reference.



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