New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 60

60 Grounds for suspending or cancelling local practising certificate

(1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling a local practising certificate:

(a) the holder is no longer a fit and proper person to hold the certificate,

Note: Section 42 (Suitability to hold local practising certificate) deals with the question of whether or not a person is a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate.

(b) if the holder is an insurable barrister or insurable solicitor within the meaning of Part 3.3 (Professional indemnity insurance)-the holder does not have, or no longer has, professional indemnity insurance that complies with this Act in relation to the certificate,

(c) if the holder is an insurable solicitor within the meaning of Part 3.3 (Professional indemnity insurance)-the holder fails to pay a contribution, instalment of a contribution, or levy in accordance with section 411 (Contributions) or 412 (Levies) or Schedule 7 (Professional indemnity insurance-provisions relating to HIH insurance),

(d) if a condition of the certificate is that the holder is limited to legal practice specified in the certificate-the holder is engaging in legal practice that the holder is not entitled to engage in under this Act.

(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the grounds on which conditions may be imposed on a local practising certificate under section 50.