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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 115 Prohibition on corporations or directors etc. representing that corporation is incorporated legal practice

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 115

Prohibition on corporations or directors etc. representing that corporation is incorporated legal practice

115 Prohibition on corporations or directors etc. representing that corporation is incorporated legal practice

(1) A corporation must not, without a reasonable excuse, represent or advertise that the corporation is an incorporated legal practice unless a notice in relation to the corporation has been given under section 114 .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
(2) A director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation must not, without a reasonable excuse, represent or advertise that the corporation is an incorporated legal practice unless a notice in relation to the corporation has been given under section 114 .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(3) A reference in this section to representing or advertising that a corporation is an incorporated legal practice includes—
(a) for the corporation—the corporation doing anything that states or implies that the corporation is entitled to engage in legal practice; or
(b) for a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation—the director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation doing anything that states or implies that the corporation is entitled to engage in legal practice.