Legal Profession Amendment Act 2007 (ACT)

Legal Profession Amendment Act 2007

A2007-28

Contents

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1. Name of Act  2

2. Commencement  2

3. Legislation amended  2

4. Terms relating to associates and principals of law practices

   
   

   Section 9, definition of associate, paragraph (a) (v)  2

5. Section 9, definition of associate, paragraph (e)  2

6. Local lawyer is officer of Supreme Court

   
   

   New section 28 (2)  2

7. Suitability to hold local practising certificate

   
   

   Section 36 (2) (e) (ii)  3

8. Section 36 (4) (b)  3

9. Sections 38 and 39  3

10. Application for grant or renewal of local practising certificate

    
    

    Section 41 (2) (a)  4

11. Section 41 (2) (b) (i) and (iii)  5

12. Section 41 (2) (b) (iv)  5

13. Section 41 (2) (b) (v)  5

14. Section 41 (3)  5

15. Section 41 (6), (7) and (8)  5

16. Grant or renewal of unrestricted or restricted practising certificate

    
    

    Section 44 (6), note  7

17. Grant or renewal of barrister practising certificate

    
    

    Section 45 (6), note  7

18. Conditions imposed on local practising certificate by licensing body or relevant council

    
    

    Section 47 (8) (a) (ii)  7

19. Section 47 (10)  7

20. Section 47 (10) (a)  8

21. Compliance with conditions of local practising certificate

    
    

    Section 53 (2)  8

22. Amending, suspending or cancelling local practising certificate

    
    

    Section 56 (1)  8

23. Section 56 (2) (a)  8

24. Section 56 (2) (b) and (c)  8

25. Section 56 (2) (c) (ii)  9

26. New section 56 (5)  9

27. Other ways of amending or cancelling local practising certificate

    
    

    Section 58 (1) and (2)  9

28. Relationship of div 2.4.6 with ch 4

    
    

    Section 59  10

29. Applicant for local practising certificate—show-cause event

    
    

    Section 60 (3) and (4)  10

30. Relationship of div 2.4.7 with pt 4.4 and ch 6

    
    

    Section 67 (3)  10

31. Professional indemnity insurance—interstate legal practitioners Section 72 (1) (b) (ii)   11

32. Section 72 (3) (a) and (b)  11

33. Section 72 (4), new definition of defence costs  11

34. Section 72 (4), definitions of government agency and government employee    11

35. Special provisions about interstate legal practitioner engaging in unsupervised legal practice in ACT

    
    

    New section 75 (2)  12

36. Protocols with regulatory authorities

    
    

    Section 77 (1) (a)  12

37. Investigation of practising certificate applicants or holders etc

    
    

    Section 78 (1)  12

38. Government lawyers generally

    
    

    Section 82 (2)  13

39. Section 82 (5)  13

40. Government lawyers of other jurisdictions

    
    

    Section 83 (1) and (2)  13

41. Section 83 (5), definitions of government agency and government lawyer 13

42. Official notice to other jurisdictions of removals from local roll

    
    

    Section 88 (1)  13

43. Section 88 (3)  14

44. Section 91 heading  14

45. Section 91 (1) (b)  14

46. Section 91 (1) (c)  14

47. Section 91 (2) (b)  14

48. New section 92A  15

49. Section 93 heading  16

50. Section 93 (1)  16

51. Peremptory removal of local lawyer’s name from local roll following removal in another jurisdiction

    
    

    Section 94 (1) (b)  17

52. Peremptory cancellation of local practising certificate following removal of name from interstate roll

    
    

    Section 95 (1) (c)  17

53. Sections 96 and 97  17

54. Definitions—pt 2.6

    
    

    Section 99 (2), definition of disqualified person  21

55. Incorporated legal practice must have legal practitioner director etc Section 107 (5)    21

56. Section 107 (6)…