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Legal Profession Regulation 2007
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14 Suspending or cancelling local practising certificate—
additional grounds—Act, s 55 (2)
(1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending a local practising
(a) the holder fails to pay any fine, or any costs, fees or expenses,
payable by the holder under the Act;
(b) if requested, in writing, by the relevant council to explain stated
conduct by the holder as a legal practitioner, the holder fails,
without reasonable excuse, to give a reasonable written
explanation to the council about the conduct;
(c) for the holder of an unrestricted practising certificate—a report
under the Act, section 237 (Investigator’s report) or the Act,
section 247 (External examiner’s report) discloses a deficiency
in any trust money of a law practice of which the practitioner is
an associate and for which the practitioner did not have a
reasonable excuse;
(d) the holder fails to comply with a direction of the relevant council
under the Act, section 413 (2) (d) (Summary conclusion of
complaint procedure by fine etc);
(e) the holder fails to comply with an order of the ACAT under the
Act, section 425 (5) (b), (c), (d), (e) or (h) (ACAT orders—
Australian legal practitioners);
(f) the holder fails to comply with an order of the ACAT under the
Act, section 429 (a) or (b) (ACAT orders—employees of
solicitors).
(2) Each of the following is a ground for cancellation of a local practising
(a) the holder is sentenced to a term of imprisonment;
(b) for the holder of an unrestricted practising certificate—the
holder becomes bankrupt or executes a personal insolvency
agreement.