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384 Purposes—ch 4
The purposes of this chapter are as follows:
(a) to provide a nationally consistent scheme for the discipline of
the legal profession in the ACT, in the interests of the
administration of justice and for the protection of consumers of
the services of the legal profession and the public generally;
(b) to promote and enforce the professional standards, competence
and honesty of the legal profession;
(c) to provide a means of redress for complaints about lawyers;
Key concepts—ch 4 Division 4.1.2
(d) to enable people who are not lawyers to participate in complaints
and disciplinary processes involving lawyers.