Queensland Numbered Acts

COURT AND CIVIL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 164

164 Insertion of new ch 10, pt 6

Chapter 10—
insert—

Part 6 - Transitional provisions for Court and Civil Legislation Amendment Act 2017

784 Application of s 9(1) and additional obligation to disclose suitability matter

(1) This section applies if, before the commencement, a person had applied to a regulatory authority for the grant or renewal of a local practising certificate under section 49 and the regulatory authority had not decided the application under section 51.

(2) Section 9(1)(c), as in force after the commencement (
"new section 9(1)(c)" ), applies to the person for the application.

(3) If the person is or has been a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice as mentioned in new section 9(1)(c), the person must, within 7 days after the day of commencement, give the regulatory authority a notice about that fact.

785 Application of amended show cause event definition and additional obligation to give notice and statement

(1) This section applies to a person who is a local legal practitioner, or a locally registered foreign lawyer, and who—

(a) on the commencement, is a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice that is an externally-administered body corporate under the Corporations Act ; or

(b) at any time before the commencement, was a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice while it was an externally-administered body corporate under the Corporations Act .

(2) It is declared that the matter mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is a show cause event that has happened in relation to the person.

(3) The person must comply with the following for the show cause event—

(a) if the person is a local legal practitioner†”section 68;

(b) if the person is a locally registered foreign lawyer†”section 193.

(4) For subsection (3), the show cause event is taken to have happened on the commencement.