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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.525Improperly destroying property etc.
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### sec.525 Improperly destroying property etc.
Unless a person has a reasonable excuse for doing so, the person must not conceal regulated property of a law practice—
for which a receiver has been appointed; or
in relation to which the person ought reasonably to have known that a receiver is likely to be appointed.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
In this section—
conceal regulated property includes the following—
destroy regulated property;
remove regulated property from 1 place to another;
deliver regulated property into the possession, or place regulated property under the control, of someone else other than the receiver.
(sec.525-ssec.1) Unless a person has a reasonable excuse for doing so, the person must not conceal regulated property of a law practice— for which a receiver has been appointed; or in relation to which the person ought reasonably to have known that a receiver is likely to be appointed. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.525-ssec.2) In this section— conceal regulated property includes the following— destroy regulated property; remove regulated property from 1 place to another; deliver regulated property into the possession, or place regulated property under the control, of someone else other than the receiver.
- (a) for which a receiver has been appointed; or
- (b) in relation to which the person ought reasonably to have known that a receiver is likely to be appointed.
- (a) destroy regulated property;
- (b) remove regulated property from 1 place to another;
- (c) deliver regulated property into the possession, or place regulated property under the control, of someone else other than the receiver.