Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA)

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Legal Practice Act 2003

This Act was repealed by the Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 598 (No. 21 of 2008) as at 1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511).

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Legal Practice Act 2003 ContentsPart 1 — Preliminary1 — Short title2. Commencement 23. Terms used in this Act 24. Meaning of “engage in legal practice” 95. Notes 10Part 2 — The Legal Practice Board6. Legal Practice Board established 117. Members of the Board 118. Who may vote in election 119. Functions of the Board 1210. Committees 1211. Delegation 1212. Powers of the Board 1313. Application of funds 1314. Accounts and records 1315. Audit 1416. Execution of documents by the Board 1417. Annual and other reports 1518. Protection from liability 16Part 3 — Articled clerks19. Who may be an articled clerk 1820. Who may have an articled clerk 1821. Articles of clerkship 2022. Continuation of articles 2023. Articled clerk not to undertake other employment without consent 2124. Service under articles to accord with Act 2225. Reports to Board 2226. Cancellation of articles 22Part 4 — Admission of legal practitioners27. Qualifications for admission of legal practitioners 2428. Admission of legal practitioner 2529. Objection to admission 2630. Admission by Supreme Court (full bench) 2731. Roll of Practitioners 2732. Certificate of admission 2833. Restrictions on entitlement to practise 2834. Re‑admission as a legal practitioner 29Part 5 — Practice certificates35. Requirement to hold practice certificate 3036. Legal practitioner employed by this State 3037. Application for practice certificate 3038. Refusal of application 3139. Unfit, incapable or insolvent practitioners 3240. Conditions may be imposed upon practice certificate 3441. Board’s powers of inquiry 3542. Duration of practice certificate 3643. Suspension or cancellation of practice certificate after disciplinary proceedings 3644. Reviews 36Part 6 — Business structuresDivision 1 — General45. Practitioner may practise under any business structure 3846. Obligations of individual legal practitioners not affected 38Division 2 — Incorporated legal practices47. Nature of incorporated legal practice 3848. Services and businesses of incorporated legal practices 3949. Corporations eligible to be incorporated legal practices 3950. Notice by corporation 4051. Responsibilities of legal practitioner director 4052. Obligations of legal practitioner director relating to unsatisfactory conduct 4153. Absence of legal practitioner director 4154. Obligations of legal practitioners who are officers or employees 4255. Professional privileges 4256. Pro bono services 4357. Conflicts of interest 4358. Disclosure obligations 4459. Application of rules to incorporated legal practice 4560. Requirements relating to professional indemnity insurance 4561. Requirements relating to advertising 4662. Requirements relating to legal fees and costs 4663. Requirements relating to trust accounts 4664. Part 11…

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