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Legal Profession Act 2006
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210 Definitions—pt 3.1
controlled money means trust money received or held by a law
practice for which the practice has a written direction to deposit the
money in an account (other than a general trust account) over which
the practice has or will have exclusive control.
Note See s 224 (6) (Controlled money), which prevents pooling of controlled
deposit record includes a deposit slip or duplicate deposit slip.
transit money means money received by a law practice subject to
instructions to pay or deliver it to a third party, other than an associate
of the practice.
Note Trust money is defined in the dictionary.
(2) In this part:
approved ADI means an ADI approved under section 250 (Approval
of ADIs for pt 3.1) by the law society council.
controlled money account means an account kept by a law practice
with an ADI for the holding of controlled money received by the
external examination means an external examination under
subdivision 3.1.3.2 of a law practice’s trust records.
external examiner means a person holding an appointment as an
external examiner under subdivision 3.1.3.2.
general trust account means an account kept by a law practice with
an approved ADI for the holding of trust money received by the
practice, other than controlled money or transit money.
investigation means an investigation under subdivision 3.1.3.1 of the
affairs of a law practice.
investigator means a person holding an appointment as an
investigator under subdivision 3.1.3.1.
law practice—see section 218 (2).
permanent form, in relation to a trust record, means printed (or, on
request, capable of being printed) in English on paper or other
material.
trust account means an account kept by a law practice with an
approved ADI to hold trust money.
trust records includes the following documents:
(a) receipts;
(b) cheque butts or cheque requisitions;
(c) records of authorities to withdraw by electronic funds transfer;
(d) deposit records;
(e) trust account ADI statements;
(f) trust account receipts and payments cash books;
(g) trust ledger accounts;
(h) records of monthly trial balances;
(i) records of monthly reconciliations;
(j) trust transfer journals;
(k) statements of account as required to be provided under a
regulation;
(l) registers required to be kept under a regulation;
(m) monthly statements required to be kept under a regulation;
(n) files relating to trust transactions or bills of costs, or both;
(o) written directions, authorities or other documents required to be
kept under this Act;
(p) supporting information required to be kept under a regulation in
relation to powers to deal with trust money.
Note 1 This Act is defined in the dictionary.
Note 2 Trust records includes a reference to the affairs of a law practice
that may be examined under s 245 (Examination of affairs in
relation to examination of trust records etc)—see s 245 (3).
(3) A reference in this part to a law practice’s trust account or trust
records includes a reference to an associate’s trust account or trust
records.
(4) A reference in this part to a power given to a law practice or an
associate of the practice to deal with money for or on behalf of
someone else is a reference to a power given to the practice or
associate that is exercisable by—
(a) the practice alone; or
(b) an associate of the practice alone (otherwise than in a private
and personal capacity); or
(c) the practice or an associate of the practice jointly or severally,
or jointly and severally with either of the following:
(i) 1 or more associates of the practice;
(ii) the person, or 1 or more nominees of the person, for whom
or on whose behalf the money may or is to be dealt with
under the power.