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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.724Act or omission happening before commencement may be relevant to proceeding for particular acts or omissions
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### sec.724 Act or omission happening before commencement may be relevant to proceeding for particular acts or omissions
An act or omission that happened before the commencement of this section may be relevant to a proceeding relating to a contravention of a provision of this Act involving an act or omission that happened after the commencement, including, for example, a contravention of section 24 or 25.
Also, an act or omission that happened before that commencement may be relevant to whether conduct after that commencement is unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.
This section does not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 20C .
In this section—
contravention includes an alleged contravention.
(sec.724-ssec.1) An act or omission that happened before the commencement of this section may be relevant to a proceeding relating to a contravention of a provision of this Act involving an act or omission that happened after the commencement, including, for example, a contravention of section 24 or 25.
(sec.724-ssec.2) Also, an act or omission that happened before that commencement may be relevant to whether conduct after that commencement is unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.
(sec.724-ssec.3) This section does not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 20C .
(sec.724-ssec.4) In this section— contravention includes an alleged contravention.