After section 660A of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 8.2:

660B.     Validation of by-laws

(1)  In this section –

member means member of the Law Society;

relevant Council , in respect of a decision or action taken under the 2012 By-laws during the relevant period, means the Council as constituted under the 2012 By-laws at the time at which the decision or action was taken;

relevant period means the period commencing on 1 December 2012 and ending on 31 January 2023;

2012 By-laws means the Law Society By-laws 2010 , made at a meeting of the Council of the Law Society of Tasmania on 20 October 2012 and known as Statutory Rule 114 of 2012.

(2)  The 2012 By-laws are taken to have been validly made, and in force, under this Act for the duration of the relevant period.

(3)  Each of the following actions taken, or purportedly taken, during the relevant period is not invalid solely on the basis that the action was taken during the relevant period:

(a) a decision made, or other action taken, by the relevant Council under the 2012 By-laws;

(b) a decision made, or other action taken, under the 2012 By-laws by the executive committee, of the relevant Council, elected in accordance with the 2012 By-laws;

(c) a decision made, or other action taken, in accordance with the 2012 By-laws that relates to the assets and finances of the Law Society;

(d) a decision made, or other action taken, under the 2012 By-laws by a regional committee established in accordance with the 2012 By-laws;

(e) a decision made, or other action taken, by the executive director of the Law Society in accordance with the 2012 By-laws;

(f) an election held under the 2012 By-laws;

(g) the filling of a casual vacancy, in the membership of the relevant Council, in accordance with the 2012 By-laws;

(h) a meeting, including a general meeting, held in accordance with the 2012 By-laws;

(i) a decision or resolution made at a meeting referred to in paragraph (h) ;

(j) a resolution to expel a member, or a decision not to expel a member, that was made under the 2012 By-laws;

(k) the suspension of a person's membership, or of a right, privilege or benefit of membership, that was made under the 2012 By-laws;

(l) the approval of, or refusal to approve, an application made under the 2012 By-laws;

(m) the payment of a fee required to be paid under the 2012 By-laws;

(n) the affixing of the common seal of the Law Society in accordance with the 2012 By-laws.

(4)  For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (3) applies to each occurrence of an action specified in that subsection that occurred during the relevant period.