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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.768Transitional provision about examination of accounts under Queensland Law Society Act 1952
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### sec.768 Transitional provision about examination of accounts under Queensland Law Society Act 1952
This section applies to an examination of accounts under the Queensland Law Society Act 1952 , section 31 , if—
before the commencement of this section, a person (the accountant ) was appointed under that section to examine an entity’s accounts; and
on the commencement, the accountant has not completed the examination or has not given to the council a report under that section.
On the commencement—
the examination of the entity’s accounts is taken to be a trust account investigation; and
the accountant is taken to be an investigator under this Act for the purposes of the investigation.
(sec.768-ssec.1) This section applies to an examination of accounts under the Queensland Law Society Act 1952 , section 31 , if— before the commencement of this section, a person (the accountant ) was appointed under that section to examine an entity’s accounts; and on the commencement, the accountant has not completed the examination or has not given to the council a report under that section.
(sec.768-ssec.2) On the commencement— the examination of the entity’s accounts is taken to be a trust account investigation; and the accountant is taken to be an investigator under this Act for the purposes of the investigation.
- (a) before the commencement of this section, a person (the accountant ) was appointed under that section to examine an entity’s accounts; and
- (b) on the commencement, the accountant has not completed the examination or has not given to the council a report under that section.
- (a) the examination of the entity’s accounts is taken to be a trust account investigation; and
- (b) the accountant is taken to be an investigator under this Act for the purposes of the investigation.