Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION REGULATION 2006 (NO 37 OF 2006)

- made under the Legal Profession Act 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of regulation  
   2.       Commencement  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--IMPORTANT TERMS

   6.      Definition of associate—Australian-registered foreign lawyer—Act,  
   7.      Default decision of associate's home jurisdiction—Act,  

   PART 3--RESERVATION OF LEGAL WORK AND LEGAL TITLES

   8.      Presumptions about taking or using certain names, titles or descriptions—Act,  

   PART 4--LEGAL PRACTICE--AUSTRALIAN LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

   9.      Application of Act, s 50 to certain practitioners—Act,  
   10.     Criteria for grant or renewal of local practising certificate—Act, s  
   11.      Procedure for applications for barrister practising certificate—Act,  
   12.     Period for applying for renewal of local practising certificate—Act,  
   13.     Period of supervised legal practice—Act, s 50 and  
   14.     Suspending or cancelling local practising certificate—additional grounds—Act,  
   15.     Particulars for register of local practising certificates—Act,  
   16.     Determination of service fee, barrister practising certificate applications—Act,  
   17.     Corporations that are not incorporated legal practices—Act,  
   18.     Period of notice of ceasing to practice—Act,  
   19.     Disqualifications and prohibitions—Act, s 122 (10), s 123 (5) and  

   PART 5--ADIS

   20.     Conditions on approval of ADIs—the Act, s 250 (2)  

   PART 6--STATUTORY DEPOSITS

   21.     Interpretation—pt 6  
   22.     Statutory interest account—Act, s 253 (2) (a)  
   23.     Law practice to deposit part of trust money with law society  
   24.     Repayment of deposits  
   25.     Obligation to deposit subject to availability of trust funds  
   26.     Amendment of notional amount by law society  
   27.     Arrangements relating to statutory interest account  
   28.     Use of money in statutory interest  
   29.     Audit of deposits etc  

   PART 7--PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE

   30.     Professional indemnity insurance for insurable legal practitioners—Act,  

   PART 8--FIDELITY COVER

   31.     Caps on payments from fidelity fund—Act, s 348  
   32.     Protocols—Act, s 354  
   33.     Notice of authority for interstate legal practitioner to withdraw from local trust  
   34.     Contribution by interstate legal practitioner to fidelity fund—Act,  

   PART 9--COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINE

   35.     Register of disciplinary action—Act,  
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