Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies to the following financial years—
(a) 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019;
(b) 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020;
(c) 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021;
(d) 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022;
(e) 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;
(f) 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024;
(g) 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025;
(h) 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026;
(i) 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027;
(j) 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2028.
(2) For the purposes of section 73(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 , the prescribed fee for an Australian practising certificate for a financial year to which this regulation applies is—
(a) for a practising certificate for
a principal
of a law practice that is a community legal service, 15·47
fee units;
(b) for a practising certificate for a principal of any other law practice which authorises the holder to receive trust money, 43·04 fee units;
(c) for a practising certificate for a principal of any other law practice which does not authorise the holder to receive trust money, 30·03 fee units;
(d) for a practising certificate for an employee of a law practice that is a community legal service, 15·47 fee units;
(e) for a practising certificate for an employee of any other law practice, 28·06 fee units;
(f) for a practising certificate for a corporate legal practitioner, 16·88 fee units;
(g) for a practising certificate for a government legal practitioner, 15·47 fee units;
(h) for a practising certificate for a barrister, 24·33 fee units.
(3) Despite subregulation (2), if an Australian practising certificate is only to be in force for part of a financial year, the fee for that practising certificate is—
(a) in the case of a practising
certificate
that is to take effect between 1 July and
30 September—the relevant prescribed fee;
(b) in the case of a practising
certificate
that is to take effect between 1 October and 31
December—75% of the relevant prescribed fee;
(c) in the case of a practising
certificate
that is to take effect between 1 January and 31
March—50% of the relevant prescribed fee;
(d) in the case of a practising
certificate
that is to take effect between 1 April and 30 June—25%
of the relevant prescribed fee.
(4) A fee under subregulation (3)(b), (c) or (d)
must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
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