Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 Proclamation re commencement (1992-546) [GG No 121 of 2.10.1992] (NSW)

1992—No. 546

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1992

No. 34—PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 121 of 2 October 1992]

(L.S.) P. R. SINCLAIR, Governor.

I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 2 October 1992 as the day on which the amendments to the Legal Profession Act 1987 set out in that Schedule commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 30th day of September, 1992.

By His Excellency's Command,

J. P. HANNAFORD,

Attorney General.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

1992—No. 546

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to commence the amendments to the Legal

Profession Act 1987 contained in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. The amendments relate to the continuation of hearings by the Legal Profession Standards Board and the Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal if vacancies in membership occur before hearings are completed. The amendments also provide for the remuneration of members of legal profession disciplinary bodies to be detemined by the Law Society Council (in consultation with the Bar
Council) instead of by the Attorney General.