419Power to make Uniform Rules

419 Power to make Uniform Rules

419 Power to make Uniform Rules

(1) The Council may make Legal Profession Uniform Rules with respect to any matter that by this Law is required or permitted to be specified in Uniform Rules or that is necessary or convenient to be specified for carrying out or giving effect to this Law.

Notes

(2) Without limiting the scope of the Uniform Rules, the Uniform Rules may apply to—

(a) qualified entities; and

(b) Australian lawyers who are not Australian legal practitioners; and

(c) former Australian legal practitioners, former Australian-registered foreign lawyers and former Australian lawyers; and

(d) persons seeking admission; and

(e) lay associates of law practices.

(3) The Uniform Rules may provide for the application to and modification of provisions of this Law for various categories of law practices and for the persons referred to in subsection (2).

(4) The Uniform Rules may authorise any matter to be determined, applied or regulated, from time to time, by any specified person or body.

(5) The Uniform Rules may contain civil penalty provisions.

(6) A contravention of a civil penalty provision in the Uniform Rules is punishable by the imposition of a civil penalty of an amount not exceeding 50 penalty units specified in the Uniform Rules.

(7) The power to make Uniform Rules includes power to amend or repeal Uniform Rules.

(8) The power to amend or repeal Uniform Rules is exercisable in the same way, and subject to the same conditions, as the power to make Uniform Rules, and references (however expressed) in this Law to developing, making and otherwise dealing with Uniform Rules apply also to the amendment or repeal of Uniform Rules.