Legal Profession Amendment Act 1998 (TAS)

Legal Profession Amendment Act 1998

An Act to amend the Legal Profession Act 1993

[Royal Assent 22 May 1998]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Legal Profession Amendment Act 1998 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Legal Profession Act 1993 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 28 amended (Admission of barristers) Section 28(1)(b) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "solicitor or a barrister and solicitor" and substituting "barrister". 5Section 111 amended (Default order and Court fund) Section 111(6) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "may but" after "Trust". 6Section 116 amended (Administration of Court fund) Section 116 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection: (1)  In administering a Court fund, the Supreme Court may order – (a) that an interim dividend be paid out of the Court fund to a person before all claims payable out of the Court fund have been determined; and (b) that advance payments be paid out of the Court fund to a person who, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, is suffering personal hardship.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 21 APRIL 1998

Legislative Council on 30 APRIL 1998]