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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.504Termination of supervisor’s appointment
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### sec.504 Termination of supervisor’s appointment
The appointment of a supervisor of trust money of a law practice terminates in the following circumstances—
the term of the appointment comes to an end;
the appointment is declared invalid or terminated under section 531 ;
the appointment of a manager for the practice takes effect;
the appointment of a receiver for the practice takes effect;
the supervisor has distributed all trust money received by the practice and wound up all trust accounts;
a termination of the appointment by the law society takes effect.
The law society may, by written notice to the supervisor, terminate the supervisor’s appointment on or after a day stated in the notice.
The law society must give a copy of the notice under subsection (2) to the persons originally given a notice of appointment.
(sec.504-ssec.1) The appointment of a supervisor of trust money of a law practice terminates in the following circumstances— the term of the appointment comes to an end; the appointment is declared invalid or terminated under section 531 ; the appointment of a manager for the practice takes effect; the appointment of a receiver for the practice takes effect; the supervisor has distributed all trust money received by the practice and wound up all trust accounts; a termination of the appointment by the law society takes effect.
(sec.504-ssec.2) The law society may, by written notice to the supervisor, terminate the supervisor’s appointment on or after a day stated in the notice.
(sec.504-ssec.3) The law society must give a copy of the notice under subsection (2) to the persons originally given a notice of appointment.
- (a) the term of the appointment comes to an end;
- (b) the appointment is declared invalid or terminated under section 531 ;
- (c) the appointment of a manager for the practice takes effect;
- (d) the appointment of a receiver for the practice takes effect;
- (e) the supervisor has distributed all trust money received by the practice and wound up all trust accounts;
- (f) a termination of the appointment by the law society takes effect.