Legal Profession (Strengthening Disciplinary Matters) Amendment Bill 2026
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Page 64 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 97] Legal Profession (Strengthening Disciplinary Matters) Amendment Bill 2026 Part 2 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007 97 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 2— insert— decision, of the Supreme Court, for chapter 6D, see section 581QP. decision-maker, for part 8.1, division 3, see section 713C(1)(a). former disciplinary body means— (a) the tribunal as a disciplinary body under this Act as in force before the commencement of this definition; or (b) the tribunal continuing to deal with an existing application under section 791 after the commencement of this definition, if the existing application is, or relates to, an application made to the tribunal under former section 452(1)(a). (2) Schedule 2, definition disciplinary body, paragraph (a)— section 63(9) Immediate amendment or suspension of local practising certificate section 189(3) Operation of amendment, suspension or cancellation of registration section 197(8) Immediate suspension of registration section 393 Application for direction and order for failure to decide claim section 443(4) Powers for investigations section 452(1)(a) Starting proceeding before a disciplinary body section 459(4) Notification and filing of committee orders section 581QB(6) Disclosure of interests Clause 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Page 65 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 98] Legal Profession (Strengthening Disciplinary Matters) Amendment Bill 2026 Part 3 Other amendments omit, insert— (a) the Supreme Court; (3) Schedule 2, definition lay panel, ‘section 607(1)(a)’— omit, insert— section 581PI(1)(a) (4) Schedule 2, definition panel member, ‘part 7.2, division 2’— omit, insert— part 6B.2, division 3 (5) Schedule 2, definition practitioner panel, ‘section 607(1)(b)’— omit, insert— section 581PI(1)(b) Part 3 Other amendments 98 Legislation amended Schedule 1 amends the legislation it mentions. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Clause 14 15
Schedule 1 Legal Profession (Strengthening Disciplinary Matters) Amendment Bill 2026 Page 66 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Schedule 1 Other amendments section 98 Legal Profession Act 2007 1 Section 451(3), ‘sections 650 and 656D’— omit, insert— sections 581PB and 581QK 2 Section 454, note— omit. 3 Section 707(3), ‘642’— omit, insert— 581QC Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 1 Section 149(4), note, from ‘See’— omit. 2 Schedule 3, definition non-publication order, paragraph (f)— omit. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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