Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION REGULATION 2017 - REG 75

75 Prescribed classes of local legal practitioners—Act, s 368

(1) For section 368 (4) (b) of the Act , the following classes of local legal practitioners are prescribed—

(a) all local legal practitioners who are employees of a community legal service and—

(i) whose practising certificates are subject to a condition that the practitioner may engage in legal practice only as an employee of a community legal service or as an employee and volunteer of a community legal service; and

(ii) who, in relation to legal practice at the community legal service as an employee, pay an amount of $10 to the law society for the fidelity fund for the financial year to which the practitioner’s certificate relates;

(b) all local legal practitioners who are volunteers of a community legal service and whose practising certificates are subject to a condition that the practitioner may engage in legal practice only as a volunteer at a community legal service;

(c) all government legal officers whose practising certificates—

(i) are subject to a condition that the officer may engage in legal practice other than as a government legal officer engaged in government work; and

(ii) provide that the legal practice, that is not engaging in government work, is limited to legal practice as a volunteer at a community legal service;

(d) all legal aid lawyers whose practising certificates—

(i) are subject to a condition that the lawyer may engage in legal practice other than as a lawyer performing duties under the Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997 ; and

(ii) provide that the legal practice, that is not performing duties under that Act, is limited to legal practice as a volunteer at a community legal service.

(2) Each payment to the law society for the fidelity fund under this section is an amount that may be lawfully paid into the fidelity fund.

(3) In this section—

"legal aid lawyer" has the meaning given by the Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997 .