Public Notaries Act 1997
11Employed public notaries not to carry out certain work
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11 Employed public notaries not to carry out certain work
11 Employed public notaries not to carry out certain work
(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), a public notary must not carry out notarial work for the public notary’s employer or a client of the employer.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to a public notary who is employed by a law practice within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act 2004 or by a person, or in circumstances, prescribed by the regulations.
(3) For the purposes of this section, if a public notary is employed by a corporation, the corporation includes a related body corporate, and corporation and related body corporate have the same meanings as in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
s 11: Am 2000 No 73, Sch 3.1 [2]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.50; 2005 No 46, Sch 10 [10].