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Legal Profession Regulation 2017
sec.78Notice of interstate legal practitioner becoming authorised to withdraw from local trust account— Act , s 412
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### sec.78 Notice of interstate legal practitioner becoming authorised to withdraw from local trust account— Act , s 412
This section prescribes requirements for section 412 (2) (a) of the Act .
An interstate legal practitioner who, whether alone or with a cosignatory, becomes authorised to withdraw money from a local trust account must notify the law society of the authorisation.
The notice must include the following particulars—
the interstate legal practitioner’s name;
the jurisdiction in which the practitioner’s only or most recent current Australian practising certificate was granted;
the practitioner’s principal business address;
details of the local trust account, including the following—
the name of the law practice operating the account;
the practice’s principal business address;
the name of the ADI with which the account is held;
the names of any other signatories to the account;
the date on which the practitioner became authorised to withdraw the money.
The practitioner must notify the law society of any change to the particulars mentioned in subsection (3) .
A notice under this section must be in writing and must be sent to the business address of the law society within 7 days of—
the practitioner becoming authorised to withdraw the money; or
the change to the particulars.
(sec.78-ssec.1) This section prescribes requirements for section 412 (2) (a) of the Act .
(sec.78-ssec.2) An interstate legal practitioner who, whether alone or with a cosignatory, becomes authorised to withdraw money from a local trust account must notify the law society of the authorisation.
(sec.78-ssec.3) The notice must include the following particulars— the interstate legal practitioner’s name; the jurisdiction in which the practitioner’s only or most recent current Australian practising certificate was granted; the practitioner’s principal business address; details of the local trust account, including the following— the name of the law practice operating the account; the practice’s principal business address; the name of the ADI with which the account is held; the names of any other signatories to the account; the date on which the practitioner became authorised to withdraw the money.
(sec.78-ssec.4) The practitioner must notify the law society of any change to the particulars mentioned in subsection (3) .
(sec.78-ssec.5) A notice under this section must be in writing and must be sent to the business address of the law society within 7 days of— the practitioner becoming authorised to withdraw the money; or the change to the particulars.
- (a) the interstate legal practitioner’s name;
- (b) the jurisdiction in which the practitioner’s only or most recent current Australian practising certificate was granted;
- (c) the practitioner’s principal business address;
- (d) details of the local trust account, including the following— (i) the name of the law practice operating the account; (ii) the practice’s principal business address; (iii) the name of the ADI with which the account is held; (iv) the names of any other signatories to the account;
- (i) the name of the law practice operating the account;
- (ii) the practice’s principal business address;
- (iii) the name of the ADI with which the account is held;
- (iv) the names of any other signatories to the account;
- (e) the date on which the practitioner became authorised to withdraw the money.
- (i) the name of the law practice operating the account;
- (ii) the practice’s principal business address;
- (iii) the name of the ADI with which the account is held;
- (iv) the names of any other signatories to the account;
- (a) the practitioner becoming authorised to withdraw the money; or
- (b) the change to the particulars.