Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an application for compensation under this part shall not be accepted unless it is made within a period of 6 months after the applicant becomes aware of the pecuniary loss or within such further time as the law society, in its discretion and either before or after the expiration of that period, allows.
(2) Where a notice is published under section 138, an application for compensation under this part in respect of a pecuniary loss suffered before the publication of the notice by reason of a failure to account by the solicitor named in the notice shall be made before the expiration of the period specified in the notice or within such further time as the law society, in its discretion and either before or after the expiration of that period, allows.