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LEGAL PROFESSION REGULATIONS (NO 9 OF 2007)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1.1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS
1. Citation
PART 1.2--INTERPRETATION
2. Definitions
3. Default determination of associate's home jurisdiction
PART 2.1--RESERVATION OF LEGAL WORK AND LEGAL TITLES
4. Presumptions about taking or using name, title or description
PART 2.2--ADMISSION OF LOCAL LAWYERS
5. Information on roll of persons admitted
6. Compliance certificate
PART 2.3--LEGAL PRACTICE BY AUSTRALIAN LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
7. Categories of local practising certificate
8. Exemption from requirement to apply for grant or renewal of practising certificate
9. Application for local practising certificate
10. Timing of application for renewal of local practising certificate
11. Continuing legal education
12. Completion of periods of supervised legal practice
13. Statutory condition regarding practice as a barrister
14. Address for notice of offence
15. Requirements for professional indemnity insurance for interstate legal practitioners
16. Register of local practising certificates
17. Government lawyers – general exemption from certain conditions
PART 2.6--INCORPORATED LEGAL PRACTICES AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
18. Prohibited non-legal services and businesses of incorporated legal practice
19. Notice of ceasing provision of legal services
20. Disqualifications and prohibitions
21. Prohibition on conduct of managed investment scheme by incorporated legal practice
22. Multi-disciplinary partnership
PART 2.7--LEGAL PRACTICE BY FOREIGN LAWYERS
23. Scope of practice
24. Trust money and trust accounts
25. Professional indemnity insurance
26. Fidelity cover
27. Application of Part 3.5 of Act
28. Locally-registered foreign lawyer not covered by Fidelity Fund
29. Application for local registration – show cause event
30. Register of locally-registered foreign lawyers
31. Refund of fees
PART 2.8--COMPLYING COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRES
32. Complying community legal centre
PART 3.1--TRUST MONEY AND TRUST ACCOUNTS
Division 1 -- Preliminary matters
33. Operation of this Part
34. Definitions
35. Barrister receiving money on behalf of other persons
Division 2 -- Computerised accounting systems
36. Application of Division
37. Copies of trust records to be printed
38. Chronological record of information to be made
39. Requirements regarding computer accounting systems
40. Back-ups
Division 3 -- General trust accounts
41. Establishment of general trust account
42. Receipting of trust money
43. Deposit records for trust money
44. Direction for non-deposit of trust money in general trust account
45. Manner of withdrawal of trust money
46. Payment by cheque
47. Payment by electronic funds transfer
48. Recording transactions in trust account cash books
49. Trust account receipts cash book
50. Trust account payments cash book
51. Recording transactions in trust ledger accounts
52. Journal transfers
53. Reconciliation of trust records
54. Trust ledger account in name of law practice or legal practitioner associate
55. Notification requirements regarding general trust accounts
Division 4 -- Controlled money
56. Maintenance of controlled money accounts
57. Receipt of controlled money
58. Deposit of controlled money
59. Manner of withdrawal of controlled money
60. Withdrawal of controlled money must be authorised
61. Register of controlled money
Division 5 -- Transit money
62. Information to be recorded about transit money
Division 6 -- Trust money generally
63. Trust account statements
64. Trust account statements for sophisticated clients
65. Register of Investments
66. Trust money subject to specific powers
67. Register of powers and estates in relation to trust money
68. Withdrawing trust money for legal costs
69. Keeping of trust records
70. Retaining other records and information
71. Statements regarding receipt or holding of trust money
Division 7 -- External examinations
72. Requirement for external examinations
73. Law practice closing down, closing office or ceasing to receive or hold trust money
74. Carrying out examination
Division 8 -- Provisions relating to ADIs
75. Conditions on approval of ADIs
76. Report by ADI to Law Society
Division 9 -- Miscellaneous matters
77. Disclosure of accounts used to hold money entrusted to legal practitioners
78. Exemptions
PART 3.2--ADVERTISING LEGAL SERVICES FOR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS
79. Exemptions from the application of Part 3.2 of the Act
80. Prescribed persons for section 288(2)(b) of the Act
PART 3.4--PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE
81. Exemptions
82. Prescribed requirements for professional indemnity insurance
PART 3.5--FIDELITY COVER
83. Determination for funding from Fidelity Fund
84. Annual contributions
85. Levies
86. Caps on payment
87. Fidelity protocols
88. Interstate legal practitioner becoming authorised to withdraw from local trust account: notification
PART 4--COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINE
89. Register of Disciplinary Action
90. Application of Associations Act
91. Fees, contributions and levies
92. Definition
93. Supervised legal practice
94. Local practising certificates
95. Notification requirements regarding general trust accounts
96. Members constituting Law Society
97. Corrective regulation
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4
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