(1) In this Act
—
accountant means a member of —
(a)
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand ARBN 084 642 571; or
(b) CPA
Australia Ltd ACN 008 392 452; or
(c) the
Institute of Public Accountants Ltd ACN 004 130 643;
amend , in relation to a Victorian Act, includes
replace a provision of the Act;
amending Act means a Victorian Act, other than the
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment Act 2019 (Victoria), that
amends —
(a) the
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Victoria) Schedule 1; or
(b) the
Uniform Regulations; or
(c) the
Uniform Rules;
Board means the Legal Practice Board established
under section 30(1);
Board member has the meaning given in section 38;
community representative has the meaning given in
section 62(1)(b);
contentious business means legal services by an
Australian legal practitioner in or for the purposes of any action, suit or
proceedings before a court, but does not include the administration of estates
and trusts;
costs determination means a legal costs
determination made under section 133;
department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting the Attorney General in the administration of
this Act;
elected Board member has the meaning given in
section 38(e);
Guarantee Fund means the Solicitors’
Guarantee Fund established under section 194(1);
judicial officer means a person empowered to
exercise jurisdiction in a court, whether or not the person is sitting as a
court;
law library means the library that may be
established under section 244(1);
Law Mutual Fund means the fund continued under
section 179(1);
Law Society means the Law Society of Western
Australia (Inc.);
Legal Aid Commission means the Legal Aid
Commission of Western Australia established under the Legal Aid Commission
Act 1976 section 6(1);
Legal Contribution Trust means the Legal
Contribution Trust established under section 101(1);
Legal Costs Committee means the Legal Costs
Committee established under section 83;
legal member has the meaning given in
section 62(1)(a);
Legal Profession Uniform Framework means the
uniform framework for regulation of the legal profession as described in the
Intergovernmental Agreement or any uniform or national framework for
regulation of the legal profession that succeeds that framework;
Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) means the
provisions applying in the State because of section 6;
Legal Services and Complaints Committee means the
Legal Services and Complaints Committee established under section 57(1);
Legal Services and Complaints Officer means the
person appointed to the office of Legal Services and Complaints Officer
established under section 79(1);
local approved form means a form approved for the
purposes of this Act under section 253(1);
local legal practitioner means an Australian legal
practitioner whose home jurisdiction is this State;
non-contentious business means legal services
other than contentious business;
old Act means the Legal Profession Act 2008
—
(a) as
in force immediately before the day on which section 260(a) comes into
operation; and
(b)
repealed under section 260(a);
PII management committee means the PII management
committee that may be established under section 184;
PII scheme means a PII scheme approved under the
local regulations made under section 162;
Principal Registrar has the meaning given in the
Supreme Court Act 1935 section 4(1);
registered company auditor has the meaning given
in the Corporations Act section 9;
statutory body means a body established or
continued under a written law for a public purpose;
trust account arrangement has the meaning given in
section 200(1);
Trust Interest Account means the account referred
to in section 201(2);
Uniform Regulations means —
(a) the
Legal Profession Uniform Regulations as in force under the
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Victoria) Schedule 1 Part
9.1 immediately before the day on which this definition comes into operation
(as amended or repealed by regulations to which paragraph (b), or an Act to
which paragraph (c), applies); and
(b) the
Legal Profession Uniform Regulations made under the Legal Profession Uniform
Law (WA) Part 9.1 on and after the day on which this definition comes into
operation; and
(c) the
Legal Profession Uniform Regulations made by a provision of an amending Act;
Uniform Rules means —
(a) the
Legal Profession Uniform Rules as in force under the Legal Profession Uniform
Law Application Act 2014 (Victoria) Schedule 1 Part 9.2 immediately before the
day on which this definition comes into operation (as amended or repealed by
rules to which paragraph (b), or an Act to which paragraph (c), applies); and
(b) the
Legal Profession Uniform Rules made under the Legal Profession Uniform Law
(WA) Part 9.2 on and after the day on which this definition comes into
operation; and
(c) the
Legal Profession Uniform Rules made by a provision of an amending Act;
Uniform Rules (WA) means the Legal Profession
Uniform Rules (WA) applying as subsidiary legislation of the State under
section 14(2);
Western Australian Bar Association means the
Western Australian Bar Association (Inc.).
(2) Terms used in this
Act and also in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) have the same meanings
in this Act as they have in the Law unless the contrary intention appears.