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Legal Profession Act 2006
221Keeping of general trust account
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221 Keeping of general trust account
(1) A law practice that receives trust money to which this part applies
must keep a general trust account in the ACT.
(2) A law practice that is required to keep a general trust account in the
ACT must establish and keep the account as required by regulation.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a law practice in relation to any
period during which the practice receives only either or both of the
(a) controlled money;
(b) transit money received in a form other than cash.
(7) Subject to any regulation, a requirement of this section for a law
practice to keep, or establish and keep, a general trust account in the
ACT does not prevent the practice from keeping, or establishing and
keeping, more than 1 general trust account in the ACT, whether
during the same period or during different periods.
(8) Without limiting this section, a regulation may provide that a law
practice must not close a general trust account except as permitted by