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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 110

Definitions for pt 2.7

110 Definitions for pt 2.7

In this part—

"corporation" means—

(a) a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act ; or
(b) a body corporate prescribed under a regulation.

"director" means—
(a) in relation to a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act —a director as defined in section 9 of that Act; or
(b) in relation to another body corporate prescribed under a regulation—a person stated or described in the regulation as a director.

"legal practitioner director" means a director of an incorporated legal practice who is an Australian legal practitioner holding a practising certificate entitling the practitioner to practise as a principal of a law practice.

"legal practitioner partner" means a partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership who is an Australian legal practitioner holding a practising certificate entitling the practitioner to practise as a principal of a law practice.

"officer" means—
(a) in relation to a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act —an officer as defined in section 9 of that Act; or
(b) in relation to any other body corporate, or a body corporate of a kind, prescribed under a regulation—a person stated or described in the regulation.

"professional obligations" , of an Australian legal practitioner, include—
(a) duties to the Supreme Court; and
(b) obligations in connection with conflicts of interest; and
(c) duties to clients, including disclosure; and
(d) ethical rules the legal practitioner must observe.

"related body corporate" ...


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