Legal Profession Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001 (TAS)

Legal Profession Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001

An Act to amend the Legal Profession Act 1993

[Royal Assent 16 July 2001]

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 (No. 2) 2001 . 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 3 amended (Interpretation) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting "corporation;" from paragraph (b) of the definition of fiduciary default and substituting "corporation; or"; (b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b) in the definition of fiduciary default : (c) a breach of any duty by a firm or legal practitioner corporation as trustee in relation to money or property held on trust by that firm or legal practitioner corporation; 5Section 58 amended (Investigations) Section 58(10) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "In respect of complaints relating to fiduciary defaults, the" and substituting "The". 6Section 111 amended (Default order and Court fund) Section 111(1) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph: (ba) a person appointed as manager under section 119(2)(b) ;

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 28 JUNE 2001

Legislative Council on 28 JUNE 2001]