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Legal Profession Act 2006
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364 Interstate legal practitioner becoming authorised to
withdraw from local trust account
(1) This section applies to an interstate legal practitioner who (whether
alone or with a cosignatory) becomes authorised to withdraw money
from a local trust account.
(2) A regulation may do either or both of the following:
(a) require the practitioner to tell the law society council of the
authorisation in accordance with the regulation;
(b) require the practitioner to make contributions to the fidelity fund
in accordance with the regulation.
(3) A regulation may decide or provide for the deciding of 1 or both of
the following:
(a) how the notification must be made and the information or
material that must be included in or to accompany the
notification;
(b) the amount of the contributions, their frequency and how they
must be made.
(4) The interstate legal practitioner must comply with the applicable
requirements of a regulation under this section.
Miscellaneous—pt 3.4 Division 3.4.10