LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 76 Contributions

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 76

76 Contributions

(1) A solicitor (other than a solicitor who is an interstate legal practitioner) shall, when applying for a practising certificate, pay to the Law Society on account of the Fidelity Fund the appropriate contribution to the Fidelity Fund for the year ending on 30 June during which the practising certificate would be in force.

(1A) A solicitor who is an interstate legal practitioner who has established an office in this State must, when notifying the Law Society Council under section 48T, pay to the Law Society on account of the Fidelity Fund the appropriate contribution to the Fidelity Fund for the year ending on 30 June during which any legal services are to be provided at that office.

Note: Section 48S provides for when an office is established.

(2) The amount of a contribution to the Fidelity Fund is an amount determined by the Law Society Council and approved by the Attorney General.

(3) The Law Society Council may determine different contributions for different classes of solicitors and may permit a contribution to be paid by instalments under an arrangement approved by the Council.

(4) If application for a practising certificate is made after 31 December in a year ending on 30 June, the amount of the contribution that would otherwise be payable for that year is reduced by one-half.

(4A) If a solicitor who has paid a contribution for a year ending on 30 June ceases to practise as a solicitor at any time before 30 June in that year, the Law Society may refund a part of the contribution at a rate determined by the Law Society Council.

(5) In this section:

"solicitor" does not include the Crown Solicitor or any other solicitor who:

(a) is employed by the Crown or by a corporation prescribed for the purposes of this section, and

(b) practises as a solicitor only in the course of that employment.