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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.236Main purposes of pt 3.3
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### sec.236 Main purposes of pt 3.3
The main purposes of this part are as follows—
to ensure trust money is held by law practices in a way that protects the interests of persons for whom money is held, both inside and outside this jurisdiction;
to minimise compliance requirements for law practices that provide legal services within and outside this jurisdiction;
to ensure the law society can work effectively with corresponding authorities in other jurisdictions in relation to the regulation of trust money and trust accounts.
- (a) to ensure trust money is held by law practices in a way that protects the interests of persons for whom money is held, both inside and outside this jurisdiction;
- (b) to minimise compliance requirements for law practices that provide legal services within and outside this jurisdiction;
- (c) to ensure the law society can work effectively with corresponding authorities in other jurisdictions in relation to the regulation of trust money and trust accounts.