24Performance of functions of solicitor

#### 24 Performance of functions of solicitor 24 Performance of functions of solicitor > > (1) The Chief Executive Officer or a member of staff of the Commission shall not perform any functions of a solicitor under this Act unless the Chief Executive Officer or member of staff holds a current Australian practising certificate. > > > (2) In practising as, or performing the functions of, a solicitor under this Act— > > > > > (a) the Chief Executive Officer has all the functions of a solicitor practising on the solicitor’s own account, > > > > > (b) a member of staff of the Commission has all the functions of a solicitor employed by a person practising as a solicitor on the person’s own account, and > > > > > (c) the Chief Executive Officer and each member of staff of the Commission— > > > > > > > (i) shall observe the same rules and standards of professional conduct and ethics as those that an Australian legal practitioner is, by law or the custom of the legal profession, required to observe in the practice of that profession, and > > > > > > > (ii) are subject to the same professional duties as those to which an Australian legal practitioner is subject by law or the custom of the legal profession in the practice of that profession. > > > (2A) If the Chief Executive Officer does not hold a current Australian practising certificate, a reference in subsection (2) to the Chief Executive Officer is to be read as a reference to the relevant member of staff appointed for the time being under section 23A. > > > (3) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 25. > > **s 24:** Subst 1985 No 86, Sch 1 (14). Am 1992 No 91, Sch 1 (7); 2000 No 98, Sch 1 \[10\]; 2015 No 7, Sch 2.28 \[2\]; 2019 No 20, Sch 1.15\[6\].