LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 126 Definitions
This legislation has been repealed.
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 126
Definitions126 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.