61Notification of changes

61 Notification of changes

61 Notification of changes

(1) For the Act, section 149(3)(b), a local legal practitioner must give the appropriate Council written notice of a change to the information the practitioner disclosed in the practitioner’s last application for renewal of a local practising certificate.

(2) Notice under subsection (1) must be given within 7 days of the change occurring.

(3) A local legal practitioner must also, in accordance with a request from the Council, notify the appropriate Council of the following events—

(a) a change to, or the dissolution of, a partnership in which the practitioner is a partner,

(b) the practitioner’s formation of a new partnership,

(c) the practitioner’s acquisition of the law practice of another Australian legal practitioner,

(d) the practitioner’s formation of an incorporated legal practice,

(e) the commencement of the provision of legal services by an incorporated legal practice of which the practitioner is a principal,

(f) a change to, or the winding up of, an incorporated legal practice of which the practitioner is a principal, including a change in the principals of the incorporated legal practice.