Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION REGULATION 2017 - REG 74

74 Application of pt 3.6 of the Act to community legal services—Act, s 357

(1) For section 357 (2) of the Act , part 3.6 of the Act , and this part, apply to a community legal service—

(a) as if the community legal service were a law practice; and

(b) in the manner stated in this section.

Note—

Under the Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997 , section 72 , part 3.6 of the Act does not apply to a Legal Aid lawyer performing the lawyer’s duties under that Act.

(2) Each of the following is taken to be an associate of a law practice for subsection (1) —

(a) an Australian legal practitioner who is an employee of a community legal service and, as an employee, is engaged in legal practice for the service;

(b) an Australian legal practitioner who is not an employee of a community legal service but is a volunteer at the service and, as a volunteer, is engaged in legal practice for the service.