Western Australian Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 298

298 .         External investigations of actions before commencement day

        (1)         In this section —

        trust account matter means a matter relating to —

            (a)         trust money or trust property received by a law practice before commencement day; or

            (b)         a trust account maintained by a law practice before commencement day.

        (2)         An external investigation may be carried out under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 4.2 Division 4 in relation to a trust account matter if the trust account matter —

            (a)         could be investigated immediately before commencement day under Part 9 of the old Act; and

            (b)         has not been the subject of an investigation under the old Act or an investigation continued under section 297.