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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 126 Definitions

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 126

Definitions

126 Definitions

In this Part:

"appropriate Council" means:

(a) in relation to a complaint concerning a person who was a barrister when the conduct the subject of the complaint allegedly occurred--the Bar Council, or
(b) in relation to a complaint concerning a person who was a solicitor when the conduct the subject of the complaint allegedly occurred--the Law Society Council, or
(c) in relation to a complaint concerning a person who was neither a barrister nor a solicitor when the conduct the subject of the complaint allegedly occurred--the Bar Council or the Law Society Council, whichever the Commissioner nominates for the purposes of the complaint.
"compensation order" means an order of the Tribunal under section 171D.

"complaint" means a complaint under this Part.

"information" means an information laid in the Tribunal in relation to a complaint against a legal practitioner.

"investigation" means an investigation under this Part by a Council or the Commissioner into a complaint, and includes an independent investigation under section 151.

"legal practitioner" includes an interstate legal practitioner.

"professional misconduct" and "unsatisfactory professional conduct" are defined in section 127.