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Legal Profession Act 2006
365Application of pt 3.4 to incorporated legal practices
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365 Application of pt 3.4 to incorporated legal practices
provision of this Act relating to the fidelity fund, does not apply to
incorporated legal practices or applies to them with prescribed
of this Act relating to the fidelity fund, to an incorporated legal
practice, a reference in the provision to a default of a law practice
extends to a default of an incorporated legal practice, but only if it
happens in relation to the provision of legal services.
(3) This section does not affect any obligation of an Australian legal
practitioner who is an officer or employee of an incorporated legal
practice to comply with the provisions of this part or any other
provision of this Act relating to the fidelity fund.
(4) An incorporated legal practice is required to make payments to or on
account of the fidelity fund under this Act as if it were an Australian
lawyer applying for or holding a local practising certificate.
(5) The incorporated legal practice must not engage in legal practice in
the ACT if any payment is not made by the due date and while the
practice remains in default of subsection (4).
(6) The law society council may suspend the local practising certificate
of a legal practitioner director of the practice if any payment is not
made by the due date.
(7) The amounts payable to the fidelity fund by an incorporated legal
practice may be decided by reference to the total number of
Australian legal practitioners employed by the practice and other
relevant matters.