sec.420Conduct capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct

### sec.420 Conduct capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct The following conduct is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct— conduct consisting of a contravention of a relevant law, whether the conduct happened before or after the commencement of this section; Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 7 , and the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 , section 7 , a contravention in relation to this Act would include a contravention of a regulation or legal profession rules and a contravention in relation to a previous Act would include a contravention of a legal profession rule under the Legal Profession Act 2004 . charging of excessive legal costs in connection with the practice of law; conduct for which there is a conviction for— a serious offence; or a tax offence; or an offence involving dishonesty; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner as or in becoming an insolvent under administration; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in becoming disqualified from managing or being involved in the management of any corporation under the Corporations Act ; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in failing to comply with an order of a disciplinary body made under this Act or an order of a corresponding disciplinary body made under a corresponding law, including a failure to pay wholly or partly a fine imposed under this Act or a corresponding law; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in failing to comply with a compensation order made under this Act or a corresponding law. Also, conduct that happened before the commencement of this subsection that, at the time it happened, consisted of a contravention of a relevant law or a corresponding law is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct. This section does not limit section 418 or 419 . s 420 amd 2010 No. 42 s 138 sch (sec.420-ssec.1) The following conduct is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct— conduct consisting of a contravention of a relevant law, whether the conduct happened before or after the commencement of this section; Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 7 , and the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 , section 7 , a contravention in relation to this Act would include a contravention of a regulation or legal profession rules and a contravention in relation to a previous Act would include a contravention of a legal profession rule under the Legal Profession Act 2004 . charging of excessive legal costs in connection with the practice of law; conduct for which there is a conviction for— a serious offence; or a tax offence; or an offence involving dishonesty; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner as or in becoming an insolvent under administration; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in becoming disqualified from managing or being involved in the management of any corporation under the Corporations Act ; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in failing to comply with an order of a disciplinary body made under this Act or an order of a corresponding disciplinary body made under a corresponding law, including a failure to pay wholly or partly a fine imposed under this Act or a corresponding law; conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in failing to comply with a compensation order made under this Act or a corresponding law. (sec.420-ssec.2) Also, conduct that happened before the commencement of this subsection that, at the time it happened, consisted of a contravention of a relevant law or a corresponding law is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct. (sec.420-ssec.3) This section does not limit section 418 or 419 . - (a) conduct consisting of a contravention of a relevant law, whether the conduct happened before or after the commencement of this section; Note— Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 7 , and the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 , section 7 , a contravention in relation to this Act would include a contravention of a regulation or legal profession rules and a contravention in relation to a previous Act would include a contravention of a legal profession rule under the Legal Profession Act 2004 . - (b) charging of excessive legal costs in connection with the practice of law; - (c) conduct for which there is a conviction for— (i) a serious offence; or (ii) a tax offence; or (iii) an offence involving dishonesty; - (i) a serious offence; or - (ii) a tax offence; or - (iii) an offence involving dishonesty; - (d) conduct of an Australian legal practitioner as or in becoming an insolvent under administration; - (e) conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in becoming disqualified from managing or being involved in the management of any corporation under the Corporations Act ; - (f) conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in failing to comply with an order of a disciplinary body made under this Act or an order of a corresponding disciplinary body made under a corresponding law, including a failure to pay wholly or partly a fine imposed under this Act or a corresponding law; - (g) conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in failing to comply with a compensation order made under this Act or a corresponding law. - (i) a serious offence; or - (ii) a tax offence; or - (iii) an offence involving dishonesty;