Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 267

267 Appointment and qualifications of external examiner

(1) A law practice must, within 14 days after becoming a law practice to which this part applies, appoint an individual as the external examiner for the practice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) If an individual appointed as a law practice’s external examiner stops being the practice’s external examiner, the law practice must, within 14 days after the individual stops being the external examiner, appoint another individual as the external examiner for the practice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) A law practice may appoint an individual as an external examiner for the practice under this section only if satisfied the individual—

(a) has the qualifications or experience prescribed under a regulation; and

(b) is not disqualified from being an external examiner under section 278 .