ACTIn ForceAct
Legal Profession Act 2006
311Professional indemnity insurance for insurable legal
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 311
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Legal Profession Act 2006.
311 Professional indemnity insurance for insurable legal
(1) The relevant council must not grant or renew a practising certificate
for an insurable legal practitioner unless satisfied that there is, or will
be, in force in relation to the practitioner an approved indemnity
insurance policy.
(2) For this section, the relevant council is entitled to accept any of the
following as evidence that there is, or will be, an approved indemnity
insurance policy in force in relation to an insurable legal practitioner:
(a) written advice from an insurer or insurance broker that an
insurer has agreed to issue the policy;
(b) evidence that the premium for the policy has been received and
accepted by the insurer for the issue of the policy;
(c) evidence prescribed by regulation for this section.