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Legal Profession Act 2006
260Regulations and legal profession rules—pt 3.1
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260 Regulations and legal profession rules—pt 3.1
A regulation or the legal profession rules may make provision in
(a) the establishment, keeping and closure of general trust accounts
and controlled money accounting; and
(b) the way of receiving, depositing, withdrawing, making records
about and otherwise dealing with an accounting for trust money;
and
(c) without limiting paragraph (a) or (b)—
(i) the keeping and reconciliation of trust records; and
(ii) the establishment and keeping of trust ledger accounts; and
(iii) the establishment and keeping of records about controlled
money and transit money; and
(iv) the establishment and keeping of registers of powers and
estates where trust money is involved; and
(v) the recording of information about the investment of trust
money; and
(vi) the giving of statements about trust money; and
(d) the notification to the law society council of information relating
directly or indirectly to matters to which this part relates,
including information about—
(i) trust accounts, trust money and trust records; and
(ii) the proposed or actual termination of a law practice that
holds trust money; and
(iii) the proposed or actual termination of engaging in legal
practice in the ACT by a law practice that holds trust
money; and
(iv) the proposed or actual restructuring of the business of a law
practice so that it no longer holds or no longer will hold
trust money; and
(e) the creation and exercise of liens over trust money; and
(f) providing exemptions, or for the giving of exemptions, from all
or any requirements of this part.
Preliminary—pt 3.2 Division 3.2.1