LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 171LA Definitions

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 171LA

171LA Definitions

In this Division:

"barrister" includes a former barrister.

"disciplinary action" means any of the following actions, whether or not taken under this Part:

(a) the suspension or cancellation of the practising certificate of a legal practitioner,

(b) the refusal to issue a practising certificate to a qualified person,

(c) the removal of the name of a legal practitioner from the roll of legal practitioners,

(d) any order made by a regulatory authority in respect of a legal practitioner following a finding of professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct by the legal practitioner, other than an order under this Part privately reprimanding the practitioner,

(e) the appointment of a receiver of all or any property of a solicitor,

(f) the appointment of a manager of a solicitor's practice.

Note: "Legal practitioner" includes an interstate legal practitioner (see section 126).