Legal Practice Regulations 2005 (WA)
Western Australia
Legal Practice Act 2003
These regulations were repealed by the
Western Australia
Western Australia
Legal Practice Act 2003Legal Practice Act 2003
These regulations are the
In these regulations —
(1) Section 47(1) does not apply in respect of a corporation if it is a community legal centre.
(2) In this regulation —
(a) the constitution, rules of association or other constituting documents of which provide that it is to operate on a not‑for‑profit basis; and
(b) which provides legal services on a not‑for‑profit basis, whether or not it also provides other services.
An incorporated legal practice or a related body corporate must not conduct a managed investment scheme within the meaning of the Corporations Act.
(1) A notice under section 50(1) is to be —
(a) in the form of Form 1; and
(b) accompanied by —
(i) a copy of the corporation’s constitution or other constituent documents; and
(ii) documentary evidence, from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or other authority with whom the corporation is registered, of the directors and officers of the corporation.
(2) For the purposes of section 50(2) the particulars necessary to complete Form 1 are prescribed.
(3) While the corporation continues to provide legal services it must notify the Board of any change in any of the information given in or with the notice.
(1) In this regulation —
(2) For the purpose of carrying out a function referred to in section 67(1) an investigator may exercise the powers conferred on ASIC by —
(a) in relation to the examination of a person — ASIC Act sections 19, 20, 21, 22(1), 23, 24 and 25(1) and (3);
(b) in relation to the inspection of books and records — ASIC Act sections 30(1), 34, 37, 38 and 39; and
(c) when holding a hearing — ASIC Act sections 52, 56(1), 58, 59(1), (2), (5), (6) and (8) and 60 (except paragraph (b)).
(3) Those provisions apply to and in respect of the exercise of those powers with the following, and any other necessary, modifications —
(a) a reference to ASIC (however expressed) is a reference to the investigator;
(b) a reference to a member or staff member is a reference to the investigator, or a person authorised by the investigator who is an officer or employee of the investigator;
(c) a reference to an investigation under Division 1 of the ASIC Act (however expressed), is a reference to the matter under investigation by the investigator;
(d) a reference to a body corporate (whether or not an exempt public authority) is a reference to an incorporated legal practice;
(e) a reference in ASIC Act section 30 to an eligible person is a reference to an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice the books and records of which are being inspected;
(f) a reference in ASIC Act section 37 to a proceeding is a reference to a function referred to in section 67(1) or any proceedings under the Act that arise as a result of the exercise of that function;
(g) a reference to a prescribed form is a reference to a form approved by the Board.
7. Publication of court order (s. 69 and 70)
If an order is made —
(a) under section 69 in respect of a corporation, the corporation; or
(b) under section 70 in respect of a person, the person,
must, as soon as practicable, cause a copy of the order to be —
(c) published in the
Gazette ;(d) published in a newspaper circulating throughout the State;
(e) given to the authority responsible for the registration of legal practitioners in each other State and Territory; and
(f) given to ASIC.
Penalty: $2 500.
A legal practitioner must not be in partnership with a person who conducts a managed investment scheme within the meaning of the Corporations Act.
If an order is made under section 87 in respect of a legal practitioner, he or she must, as soon as practicable, cause a copy of the order to be —
(a) published in the
Gazette ;(b) published in a newspaper circulating throughout the State;
(c) given to the authority responsible for the registration of legal practitioners in each other State and Territory; and
(d) if the order relates in any way to a corporation, ASIC.
Penalty: $2 500.
In this Part —
(1) For the purposes of section 114(1)(b) and (d) arbitration proceedings, conciliation, mediation and other forms of consensual dispute resolution (the
proceedings ) are prescribed if —(a) the proceedings relate to matters occurring in the lawyer’s home jurisdiction;
(b) the law applying to the dispute to which the proceedings relate is the law of the lawyer’s home jurisdiction; or
(c) knowledge of the law of the lawyer’s home jurisdiction is essential for the purposes of the proceedings.
(2) If the proceedings are partly of a kind prescribed by subregulation (1) and partly of another kind, the proceedings are prescribed only to the extent that they are of a kind prescribed by subregulation (1).
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Form 1 | ||
Name | ||
ACN/ARBN | ||
Registered office _______________________________________ | ||
Telephone Fax | ||
Date of incorporation / / | ||
Name under which legal services will be provided ____________ | ||
Address ______________________________________________ | ||
Postal address | ||
Intended commencement date / /20 | ||
The Incorporated Legal Practice is — ❑ replacing an existing practice | ||
Corporation’s trust account Bank ________________________________________________ Branch _______________________________________________ Name of account _______________________________________ BSB no. Account no. | ||
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Name ______________________________________________ Residential address ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Telephone (h) _______________ (w) _____________________ Fax (h) ____________________ (w) _____________________ Mobile _____________________________________________ Email (h) __________________ (w) _____________________ Office — ❑ Legal practitioner director —
Current practice certificate ❑ Yes ❑ No
❑ Other director ❑ Officer Shares in Corporation | ||
Name ______________________________________________ Residential address ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Telephone (h) _______________ (w) _____________________ Fax (h) ____________________ (w) _____________________ Mobile _____________________________________________ Email (h) __________________ (w) _____________________ Office — ❑ Legal practitioner director —
Current practice certificate ❑ Yes ❑ No
❑ Other director ❑ Officer Shares in Corporation | ||
Name ______________________________________________ Residential address ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Legal status —
Current practice certificate ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Interstate practitioner ❑ Registered foreign lawyer
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Name ______________________________________________ Residential address ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Legal status —
Current practice certificate ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Interstate practitioner ❑ Registered foreign lawyer
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Name ______________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ | ||
Name ______________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ | ||
Name ______________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ | ||
Date / /20 | ||
19 Apr 2005 p. 1275-88 | 19 Apr 2005 | |
ASIC................................................................................................................................... 2
ASIC Act........................................................................................................................... 2
community legal centre.............................................................................................. 3(2)
Form................................................................................................................................... 2
home jurisdiction........................................................................................................... 10
investigator................................................................................................................... 6(1)
proceedings................................................................................................................ 11(1)
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