Queensland Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 No. 24 - SECT 57

(1) It is a statutory condition of a local practising certificate that the certificate holder must give notice to the relevant regulatory authority if the certificate holder is--

(a) convicted of an offence that would have to be disclosed under the admission rules for an application for admission; or

(b) charged with a serious offence.

(2) The notice must be in the approved form and given to the regulatory authority within 7 days after--

(a) if the certificate holder is convicted of an offence--the day the person is convicted; or

(b) if the certificate holder is charged with an offence--the day the person is charged.

(3) The regulatory authority's administration rules may state the person to whom, or the address to which, the notice is to be given.

(4) This section does not apply to a show cause event to which division 711 applies.