Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 129

129 Disqualified persons

(1) An incorporated legal practice commits an offence if a person who is a disqualified person—

(a) is an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice, whether or not the person provides legal services, or is an officer or employee of a related body corporate; or

(b) is a partner of the incorporated legal practice in a business that includes the provision of legal services; or

(c) shares the receipts, revenue or other income arising from the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice; or

(d) is engaged or paid for the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—60 penalty units; or

(b) for a corporation—300 penalty units.

(2) Failure by a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice to ensure that the incorporated legal practice complies with subsection (1) is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.