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Legal Profession Act 2007
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### sec.161 Regulation
A regulation may provide for the following—
the legal services provided by incorporated legal practices or legal practitioner partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships;
other services provided by incorporated legal practices or legal practitioner partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships in circumstances where a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services may arise.
A regulation prevails over any inconsistent provision of the legal profession rules.
A regulation may provide that a breach of a provision of a regulation is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct—
for an incorporated legal practice—by a legal practitioner director, or by the Australian legal practitioner responsible for the breach, or both; or
for a multi-disciplinary partnership—by a legal practitioner partner of the multi-disciplinary partnership, or by the Australian legal practitioner responsible for the breach, or both.
(sec.161-ssec.1) A regulation may provide for the following— the legal services provided by incorporated legal practices or legal practitioner partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships; other services provided by incorporated legal practices or legal practitioner partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships in circumstances where a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services may arise.
(sec.161-ssec.2) A regulation prevails over any inconsistent provision of the legal profession rules.
(sec.161-ssec.3) A regulation may provide that a breach of a provision of a regulation is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct— for an incorporated legal practice—by a legal practitioner director, or by the Australian legal practitioner responsible for the breach, or both; or for a multi-disciplinary partnership—by a legal practitioner partner of the multi-disciplinary partnership, or by the Australian legal practitioner responsible for the breach, or both.
- (a) the legal services provided by incorporated legal practices or legal practitioner partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships;
- (b) other services provided by incorporated legal practices or legal practitioner partners or employees of multi-disciplinary partnerships in circumstances where a conflict of interest relating to the provision of legal services may arise.
- (a) for an incorporated legal practice—by a legal practitioner director, or by the Australian legal practitioner responsible for the breach, or both; or
- (b) for a multi-disciplinary partnership—by a legal practitioner partner of the multi-disciplinary partnership, or by the Australian legal practitioner responsible for the breach, or both.