[BIL152-A.HAA]

House of Assembly No 153

[As laid on the table and read a first time, 28 May 2003]

South Australia

[Prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel]

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (INSURANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2003

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Legal Practitioners Act 1981.

[OPC-102]

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1.Short title

2.Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Legal Practitioners Act 1981

3.Amendment of section 19—Insurance requirements

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Insurance) Amendment Act 2003.

Amendment provisions

2. In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Legal Practitioners Act 1981

Amendment of section 19—Insurance requirements

3. Section 19(1)—Delete subsection (1) and substitute:

(1) Where a scheme under section 52 is in force requiring legal practitioners to be insured against liabilities that may arise in the course of, or in relation to, legal practice—

(a)the Supreme Court cannot issue or renew a practising certificate unless the applicant produces evidence to the satisfaction of the Court that the applicant has obtained the insurance against such liabilities required by the scheme for the term for which the certificate is to be issued or renewed; and

(b)if, at any time during the term of a practising certificate so issued or renewed, the holder of the certificate ceases to be insured against such liabilities as required by the scheme, the practising certificate will be taken to be suspended until the holder of the certificate obtains such insurance.

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