Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)
162Appointment of external investigators
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162 Appointment of external investigators
162 Appointment of external investigators
(1) The designated local regulatory authority may investigate, or may in writing appoint a suitably qualified person as an external investigator to investigate, the affairs or specified affairs of a law practice.
(2) The appointment may be made generally or for the law practice specified in the instrument of appointment, or in relation to a particular external investigation.
(3) The designated local regulatory authority may exercise the functions of an external investigator, and references in this Law to an external investigator appointed to examine a law practice’s trust records include references to the designated local regulatory authority when exercising those functions.