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584 Rules for incorporated legal practices and multidisciplinary
(1) The law society council may make rules for or in relation to the
following matters:
(a) the provision of legal services by or in relation to incorporated
legal practices or multidisciplinary partnerships, and in
particular the provision of legal services by—
(i) officers or employees of incorporated legal practices; or
(ii) partners or employees of multidisciplinary partnerships;
(b) the provision of services that are not legal services by or in
relation to incorporated legal practices or multidisciplinary
partnerships, but only if the provision of those services by any
of the following people may give rise to a conflict of interest
relating to the provision of legal services:
(i) officers or employees of incorporated legal practices;
(ii) partners or employees of multidisciplinary partnerships.
Division 8.3.3 Rules for incorporated legal practices and multidisciplinary partnerships
(2) The rules under this section may make provision for or in relation to
professional obligations relating to legal services provided by or in
relation to incorporated legal practices or multidisciplinary
partnerships.
(3) However, the rules under this section cannot—
(a) regulate any services that an incorporated legal practice may
provide or conduct (other than the provision of legal services or
other services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating
to the provision of legal services); or
(b) regulate or prohibit the conduct of officers or employees of an
incorporated legal practice (other than in relation to the
provision of legal services or other services that may give rise to
a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services);
or
(c) regulate any services that a multidisciplinary partnership or
partners or employees of a multidisciplinary partnership may
provide or conduct (other than the provision of legal services or
other services that may give rise to a conflict of interest relating
to the provision of legal services); or
(d) regulate or prohibit the conduct of partners or employees of a
multidisciplinary partnership (otherwise than in connection with
the provision of legal services or other services that may give
rise to a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal
services).
(4) The power to make rules under this section is not limited to any
matters for which this Act specifically authorises the making of legal
General Division 8.3.4
Division 8.3.4 General