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554 Power to hold hearings under pt 6.4
(1) The law society council or an investigator may hold hearings for the
purposes of an investigation, examination or audit to which this part
(2) The Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
(Cwlth), section 52, section 56 (1), section 58, section 59 (1), (2), (5),
(6) and (8) and section 60 (except paragraph (b)) apply to a hearing,
with the following changes (and any changes prescribed by regulation
and any other necessary changes):
(b) a reference to a member or staff member is taken to be a
reference to the law society council or a person authorised by
the council who is an officer or employee of the law society;
(c) a reference to a prescribed form is taken to be a reference to a
form approved by the law society council under section 587.
Part 6.4 Additional powers in relation to incorporated legal practices