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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.121Professional indemnity insurance
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### sec.121 Professional indemnity insurance
An incorporated legal practice must not engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction unless it has professional indemnity insurance that complies with the requirements prescribed under a regulation about professional indemnity insurance for an incorporated legal practice.
Maximum penalty—
for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
for a corporation—1,500 penalty units.
An incorporated legal practice engaging in legal practice in this jurisdiction must comply with its obligations under the indemnity rules.
Maximum penalty—
for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
for a corporation—1,500 penalty units.
Failure by a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice to ensure that the incorporated legal practice complies with subsection (1) or (2) is capable of constituting professional misconduct.
s 121 amd 2013 No. 51 s 95
(sec.121-ssec.1) An incorporated legal practice must not engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction unless it has professional indemnity insurance that complies with the requirements prescribed under a regulation about professional indemnity insurance for an incorporated legal practice. Maximum penalty— for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or for a corporation—1,500 penalty units.
(sec.121-ssec.2) An incorporated legal practice engaging in legal practice in this jurisdiction must comply with its obligations under the indemnity rules. Maximum penalty— for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or for a corporation—1,500 penalty units.
(sec.121-ssec.3) Failure by a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice to ensure that the incorporated legal practice complies with subsection (1) or (2) is capable of constituting professional misconduct.
- (a) for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
- (b) for a corporation—1,500 penalty units.
- (a) for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
- (b) for a corporation—1,500 penalty units.