Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 270

270 Law practice to give notice of external examiner

(1) A law practice must, within 30 days after becoming a law practice to which this part applies, give the law society notice in the approved form of the practice’s external examiner.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) A law practice must, immediately after an individual stops being the practice’s external examiner, give the law society written notice of the fact.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) A law practice must, within 30 days after an individual stops being the practice’s external examiner, give the law society notice in the approved form of the practice’s external examiner appointed under section 267 (2) (the
"replacement external examiner" ).

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) A notice given under subsection (1) or (3) must be signed by the external examiner or replacement external examiner.