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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.129Disqualified persons
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### sec.129 Disqualified persons
An incorporated legal practice commits an offence if a person who is a disqualified person—
is an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice, whether or not the person provides legal services, or is an officer or employee of a related body corporate; or
is a partner of the incorporated legal practice in a business that includes the provision of legal services; or
shares the receipts, revenue or other income arising from the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice; or
is engaged or paid for the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice.
Maximum penalty—
for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—60 penalty units; or
for a corporation—300 penalty units.
Failure by a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice to ensure that the incorporated legal practice complies with subsection (1) is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.
s 129 amd 2013 No. 51 s 96
(sec.129-ssec.1) An incorporated legal practice commits an offence if a person who is a disqualified person— is an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice, whether or not the person provides legal services, or is an officer or employee of a related body corporate; or is a partner of the incorporated legal practice in a business that includes the provision of legal services; or shares the receipts, revenue or other income arising from the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice; or is engaged or paid for the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice. Maximum penalty— for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—60 penalty units; or for a corporation—300 penalty units.
(sec.129-ssec.2) Failure by a legal practitioner director of an incorporated legal practice to ensure that the incorporated legal practice complies with subsection (1) is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.
- (a) is an officer or employee of the incorporated legal practice, whether or not the person provides legal services, or is an officer or employee of a related body corporate; or
- (b) is a partner of the incorporated legal practice in a business that includes the provision of legal services; or
- (c) shares the receipts, revenue or other income arising from the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice; or
- (d) is engaged or paid for the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice.
- (a) for a person guilty under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of an offence—60 penalty units; or
- (b) for a corporation—300 penalty units.