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Legal Profession Act 2006
366Application of pt 3.4 to multidisciplinary partnerships
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366 Application of pt 3.4 to multidisciplinary partnerships
provision of this Act relating to the fidelity fund, does not apply to
multidisciplinary partnerships or applies to them with prescribed
of this Act relating to the fidelity fund, to a multidisciplinary
partnership, a reference in the provision to a default of a law practice
extends to a default of a multidisciplinary partnership or a partner or
employee of a multidisciplinary partnership, whether or not anyone
involved is an Australian legal practitioner, 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 a partner or employee of a multidisciplinary
partnership to comply with the provisions of this part or any other
provision of this Act relating to the fidelity fund.
(4) The amounts payable to the fidelity fund by the legal practitioner
partners of a multidisciplinary partnership may be decided by
reference to the total number of Australian legal practitioners
employed by the partnership and other relevant matters.